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
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Mary Wollstonecraft - E8
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Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spit...
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Mary Wollstonecraft - E8
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Corporation of the City of London Site of Cooks Hall, destroyed by fire 1771.
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