Mary Wollstonecraft: An 18th Century Feminist

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In this International Women’s Day special, we bring you a clip from an upcoming series "Meet a Rare Book" presented by Heritage Collections Rare Book specialist Georgia Prince. In this snippet Georgia talks of the work of early feminist and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft - best known for her advocacy for the education of girls and women and her political essay - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman published in book form in 1792. Explore this text and more through our Auckland Libraries collections: Feminism resources in the library catalogue: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=cabd46a6-3b5a-11ec-8e6c-2dcdefd8bb5e&entityType=Concept Mary Wollstonecraft in the library catalogue: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search?query=Mary%20Wollstonecraft&searchType=everything&pageSize=10 References: Mary Wollstonecraft. A vindication of the rights of woman. 1792 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=ac862c82-4412-5bee-9fdb-b311122df69e&entityType=FormatGroup Mary Wollstonecraft. Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. 1796 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=9972b337-29c9-5074-ae23-440d8a202c9e&entityType=FormatGroup William Godwin. Memoirs of the author of A vindication of the rights of woman. 1798 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=5751f66f-d943-56e5-80da-d1de9418f015&entityType=FormatGroup Biographies Mary Wollstonecraft https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wollstonecraft/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft Further reading Lyndall Gordon. Vindication: a life of Mary Wollstonecraft, 2005 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=c0dd9c12-b586-538b-b5cd-b5fe8e56910e&entityType=FormatGroup

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