SFII-UF 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Mary Wollstonecraft
25 Sep 2018
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Born in england of a gentry family, impoverished. By birth, born a lady but has no money doesn"t work due to her class. Doesn"t want to marry, so she attempts being a governess very unhappy. Decides to abandon everything and make a living as an author manages to support herself. Leaves england and goes to paris to witness what is happening with the revolution. Politically, she is a fervent rousseauian what he says about men, women can do too. Meets an american in paris (finley), live together but aren"t married, he leaves and she attempts suicide, but she is saved, gets together with an anarchist (godwin), ends up dying in childbirth. Her text is full of quotes and citations in order to prove her point with research legitimizes it. Women are reduced to a horrible condition forced to be dependent, frivolous, and vain. Condition of abomination being unable to discuss anything.
