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Mary Wollstonecraft

1759 - 1797

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Mary Wollstonecraft (UK: WUUL-stən-krahft, US: -⁠kraft; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an English writer and philosopher best known for her advocacy of women's rights. Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional (at the time) personal relationships, received more attention than her writing. Wollstonecraft is regarded as one of the founding feminist philosophers, and feminists often cite both her life and her works as important influences. During her brief career she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Wollstonecraft is the 263rd most popular writer (up from 282nd in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 195th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Writer.

Mary Wollstonecraft is most famous for her book, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman." The book argued that women should be given the same opportunities as men.

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Among writers, Mary Wollstonecraft ranks 263 out of 7,302. Before her are Jaroslav Hašek, J. K. Rowling, Alcaeus of Mytilene, Primo Levi, Herta Müller, and Dale Carnegie. After her are Jordanes, Bartolomé de las Casas, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Anna Akhmatova, Sallust, and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi.

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Among people born in 1759, Mary Wollstonecraft ranks 3. Before her are Friedrich Schiller, and Georges Danton. After her are Joseph Fouché, William Pitt the Younger, Robert Burns, Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, James Edward Smith, Maria Feodorovna, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony, and Clotilde of France. Among people deceased in 1797, Mary Wollstonecraft ranks 3. Before her are Frederick William II of Prussia, and Baron Munchausen. After her are Horace Walpole, Edmund Burke, François-Noël Babeuf, James Hutton, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Lazare Hoche, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Vilna Gaon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Wollstonecraft ranks 244 out of 8,785. Before her are Stuart Sutcliffe (1940), Duns Scotus (1265), J. K. Rowling (1965), James Mason (1909), Bobby Charlton (1937), and Boudica (33). After her are Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897), C. F. Powell (1903), Charlotte Rampling (1946), Henry III of England (1207), Arthur Harden (1865), and Horace Walpole (1717).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mary Wollstonecraft ranks 28. Before her are Aldous Huxley (1894), Terry Pratchett (1948), William Blake (1757), W. H. Auden (1907), C. S. Lewis (1898), and J. K. Rowling (1965). After her are Arthur C. Clarke (1917), Anne Brontë (1820), William Golding (1911), Roald Dahl (1916), John Keats (1795), and Jane Hawking (1944).

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