Godwin’s love ensured we could know whose shoulders we stand on. Maria: or, The Wrongs of Womana novel published posthumously and often considered Wollstonecraft's most radical feminist work, revolves around the story of a woman imprisoned in an insane asylum by her husband like Mary, Maria also finds fulfilment outside of marriage, in an affair with a fellow inmate and a friendship with one of her keepers. Wollstonecraft’s courage made our world a more equal place. Could romance follow?ĭelve into the most radical feminist work from the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and find out. There, she forms an unexpected friendship with one of the female wards. In The Wrongs of Woman, Maria has been separated from her infant daughter and imprisoned in an insane asylum by her husband. What could she have written that scandalized so much? What did Godwin reveal to incite such ire? Her heartbroken husband, William Godwin, vowed to compile her memoirs and publish them along with her unfinished Victorian gothic novel in 1798.Įuropean society made a freak of Wollstonecraft, her work and her memory. She died in agony 11 days after giving birth to Mary Shelley, who would become the author of Frankenstein. And a memoir written by her grief-stricken husband.ĭo you know whose shoulders you stand on?
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