Somers Town in Camden in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
Mary Wollstonecraft
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2018
1. Mary Wollstonecraft Marker
on this site lived
Mary
Wollstonecraft
Author of
'A Vindication of the
Rights of Woman'
1759-1797
Erected by Camden London Borough Council.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is April 27, 1759.
Location. 51° 31.866′ N, 0° 7.994′ W. Marker is in Camden, England, in Greater London. It is in Somers Town. It is on Werrington Street just south of Polygon Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Werrington Street (Oakshott Court), Camden, England NW1 1QD, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Father Basil Jellicoe (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line);
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Also see . . .
1. Mary Wollstonecraft (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). "Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) was a moral and political philosopher whose analysis of the condition of women in modern society retains much of its original radicalism. One of the reasons her pronouncements on the subject remain challenging is that her reflections on the status of the female sex were part of an attempt to come to a comprehensive understanding of human relations within a civilization increasingly governed by acquisitiveness and consumption....Best known for her Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), her influence went beyond the substantial contribution to feminism she is mostly remembered
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2018
2. Mary Wollstonecraft Marker - Wide View
2. Mary Wollstonecraft (Wikipedia). "Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education. She suggests that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason." (Submitted on March 26, 2018.)
Additional keywords. feminism
Engraved by Ridley from a painting by Opie (image courtesy of the New York Public Library)
3. Mrs.Wollstonecraft
Credits. This page was last revised on March 10, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 284 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 26, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
