Plaque

(lost) Mary Woollstonecraft - lost plaque

Inscription

Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759 - 1797, writer, philosopher and 'mother of feminism' vindicated women's rights here.
Stoke Newington Literary Festival

All our information about this plaque, including the photograph, comes from (2016) Roberta Wedge. Another photo there shows the plaque attached to one of the gate piers that used to stand in front of the church but were removed 2019-20, along with the railings, to provide the ramped access.

From Google Street View one can see that the plaque was erected 2015 between April and Sept, and lost 2016 between May and October.

Site: Newington Green Unitarian Church (3 memorials)

N16, Matthias Road, 39

Wollstonecraft attended this church from 1784.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mary Woollstonecraft - lost plaque

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spita...

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Stoke Newington Literary Festival

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Mary Wollstonecraft - Islington's Pride

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Newington Green Unitarian Church

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