Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759 - 1797, author of 'A Vindication of the Right of Women', pioneer of women's rights and mother of Mary Shelley. Stayed in a house on this site in 1784 and lived early years in Hoxton.
London Borough of Hackney
E8, Mare Street, 373-5
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mary Wollstonecraft - E8
Born in London, at the Polygon building in Somers Town. Parents: William Godw...
Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spita...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Mary Wollstonecraft - E8
Shoreditch Borough Council took over Shoreditch Vestry and was itself taken o...
The carving on the plinth is attractive with a snake knotted into a figure of...
Edward McKnight Kauffer 1890 - 1954, Marion Dorn, 1896 - 1964, designers, liv...
Oh dear, get the wording wrong on a plaque and people are still sniggering ye...
Ian Visits gave us the precise date that this station was opened: 10 March 1932.
