Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759 - 1797, writer, teacher and champion of women's rights.
Voted by the People, London Borough of Southwark
SE1, Dolben Street, 45
The terrific A Vindication of the Rights of Mary has a whole page on this address, where, it is believed, Mary lived 1788 - 1791.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mary Wollstonecraft - SE1
Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spita...
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Mary Wollstonecraft - SE1
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Site of St. Margaret's Church (13th century) and the Borough Compter. Historic Southwark
At the time gilded lettering incised into granite was a popular technique. We can't say what it was like when new but its legibility has ...
The more standard pub signs show a rather cartoony head and shoulders of HH, with his dates. We have failed to find out why this pub is n...
Following the success of the Savoy Theatre the hotel was built next door to satisfy the demand for accommodation from the members of the audience. The first London Hotel to have fully plumbed-in ba...
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