Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was the founder of modern feminism-in her time, the most famous woman in Europe and America. In this exciting new biography, Lyndall Gordon proposes that at each stage of a passionate and courageous life-as teacher, writer, lover, and traveler-Mary Wollstonecraft was an original. She had advanced ideas on education, and her views on single motherhood, family responsibilities, working life, domestic affections, friendships, and sexual relationships now look astonis…