Research Paper On Mary Wollstonecraft

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Exceptionally well organised and outspoken, Mary was also a defender of the weak

Mary Wollstonecraft, born on April 27th, 1759 in Spitalfield, London, England, was a woman of pure, noble character. Wollstonecraft, the second of six children born to her parents, Edward John Wollstonecraft and Elizabeth Dixon, was known as the, “mother of women’s rights.” Not only was she a feminist, but she was also a novelist, historian, and philosopher. Among her peers, Mary Wollstonecraft was known for being exceptionally well organised and outspoken. The quality I admire most about her is her defence of the weak and helpless.
Mary was born into a middle-class Anglo-Irish home, although not a happy one. As a child she saw her once comfortable childhood
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Wollstonecraft, the second of six children born to her parents, Edward John Wollstonecraft and Elizabeth Dixon, was known as the, “mother of women’s rights.” Not only was she a feminist, but she was also a novelist, historian, and philosopher. Among her peers, Mary Wollstonecraft was known for being exceptionally well organised and outspoken. The quality I admire most about her is her defence of the weak and helpless.
Mary was born into a middle-class Anglo-Irish home, although not a happy one. As a child she saw her once comfortable childhood degrade slowly due to the fact that her father was losing exorbitant amounts of money his money. Her father had a violent temper and was known to have beaten his wife in front of their children while drunk. Her father's drunken rages became so bad that Mary felt like she needed to lie outside her mother’s bedroom door in order to protect her from the harm her abusive father might inflict upon her.
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