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...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Mary Wollstonecraft - SE1
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