130: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Today's episode is about Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, one of the most prolific authors of all time. She is considered the mother of science fiction and wrote Frankenstein, which would go on to inspire the movie monster imbedded into pop culture today. From the beginning, her life was steeped in tragedy, betrayal, and loss, which would influence her writings and give us what we have today.    TRIGGER WARNINGS: SUICIDE, INFANT/CHILD MORTALITY/DEATH, MISCARRIAGE, ADULTERY   If you or someone you love is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please call or text the Suicide Hotline at 988.    Follow us on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/illequippedhistory/   Join our Facebook group!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/illequippedhistory   Email us!  [email protected]   Check us out on TikTok!  https://www.tiktok.com/@illequipped.histo   Find us on YouTube!  https://www.youtube.com/@Ill-EquippedHistory    Donate to our Patreon!  https://www.patreon.com/illequippedhistory   Sources "Mary Shelley" (May 6 2021) https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/mary-shelley    "10 Facts About Mary Shelley" by Michele Debczak (Aug 26 2022)  www.mentalfloss.com/posts/mary-shelley-author-facts    “Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley” by Kathleen Kuiper (Oct 14 2025) https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Wollstonecraft-Shelley   “Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley”  https://knarf.english.upenn.edu/MShelley/bio.html   “A Biographical Sketch of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851)” by Charlotte Pabst-Kastner (Dec 30 2015) https://victorianweb.org/previctorian/mshelley/bio.html Sound Credits:   rain_medium_thunders.aif by loopbasedmusic -- https://freesound.org/s/157485/ -- License: Creative Commons 0   Heavy_Rain_UK_Cambridge_2.wav by alexkandrell -- https://freesound.org/s/316893/ -- License: Attribution 3.0   NYC Rain 4 G- lightening crack.wav by bmlake -- https://freesound.org/s/251635/ -- License: Attribution 4.0   Birds_Tweeting.wav by ken788 -- https://freesound.org/s/386732/ -- License: Creative Commons 0   Music by Liam Brooks from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-tense-horror-background-4235