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

Inscription.
In a house
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. Marker 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.

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); George Padmore (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Charles Dickens (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Euston War Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); St. Pancras Old Church (approx. half a kilometer away); Saint Pancras Parish Church (approx. half a kilometer away); The Last Goon Show (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Camden.

Also see . . .
1. Mary Wollstonecraft (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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. "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 for and extended to shaping the art of travel writing as a literary genre and, through her account of her journey through Scandinavia, she had an impact on the Romantic movement." (Submitted on March 26, 2018.)

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

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Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2018

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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

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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 January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 176 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 26, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.