Mary Wollstonecraft

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Loveless Marriage

At the beginning of the 18th century arranged marriages were the norm, but by the end of it they fell out of favour with nearly everyone, the upper class excepted. Family’s interest stood in opp… more →

Mending My Own Pen

Mary Wollstonecraft is my hero; however, I am resigning my position as a feminist.

cynic4life wrote 4 days ago: I understand wanting to be equal and that is why Mary Wollstonecraft is one of my all time favorite … more →

Tags: Seriously, Politics, Feminism, Sarah Palin, Now, Women's rights, Equal Rights

Tom Paine: Made in England

h1storym0nkey wrote 3 weeks ago: Edited version of my article in this month’s BBC History Magazine, reproduced with their kind … more →

Tags: American Revolution, Barack Obama, Billy Bragg, Common Sense, Edward Vallance, French Revolution, lewes, Made in England, Rights of Man

Loveless Marriage — 6 comments

Sylwia wrote 1 month ago: At the beginning of the 18th century arranged marriages were the norm, but by the end of it they fel … more →

Tags: Charlotte, Collins, Darcy, Eliza Williams, Elizabeth, Jane, Lady Anne, Lady Catherine, Lucy Steele

Think radical, drink radical pt. 2

h1storym0nkey wrote 1 month ago: Well, sort of, I noticed this rather interesting vintage for sale in a fancy delicatessen in Paris. … more →

Tags: booze, catherine the great, Chevalier D'Eon, Drink, John Wilkes, Paris, Radical, Wine

Mary Wollstonecraft « Regency Writings Repository — 3 comments

Sylwia wrote 2 months ago: Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie Mary Wollstonecraft, an eighteenth-century writer, philosopher, and … more →

Tags: Austen's Worldview, The 18th and 19th century literature, A Vindication of the Rights of Men, Austen, Books, Burke, Edmund Burke, Jane Austen, Pamphlet

CantervilleGhost wrote 2 months ago: MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759-1797), English philosopher and feminist Portrait: John Opie … more →

Tags: wollstonecraft mary, john opie

Red dawn feminism

twitterpaters wrote 2 months ago: by twit image via The Daily What We’ve come a long, long way. There’s so much more work to do, but … more →

Tags: by twit, Civil Rights, History, middle east, Protest, red dawn generation, fem'nsm, feminist theory, first-wave feminism

Dead British Radical Watch*: Mary Wollstonecraft — 1 comment

h1storym0nkey wrote 2 months ago: Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), wife of William Godwin, and mother of Mary Sh … more →

Tags: dead british radical watch, Mary Shelley, Vindication of the Rights of Woman, William Godwin

Hannah Cowley in Austen's The Three Sisters — 1 comment

Sylwia wrote 2 months ago: The Three Sisters is one of the frankest portrayals of “marriage as prostitution” (as Ma … more →

Tags: Austen's Life, Austen's Worldview, Miss Stanhope, The 18th and 19th century literature, anglican marriage, Austen, Books, christian marriage, Cowley

Mary Wollestonecraft's 250th Birthday — 1 comment

nlfg wrote 2 months ago: A Vindication for Celebration… Mary Wollstonecraft’s 250th Birthday Mother of Feminism Champion of H … more →

Tags: Events, Feminism

Austen Book Sleuth: New Books in the Queue for April — 4 comments

Laurel Ann wrote 3 months ago: The Jane Austen book sleuth is happy to inform Janeites that many Austen inspired books are heading … more →

Tags: Austen Book Sleuth, Jane Austen, Mr. Darcy, Deirdre Le Faye, John Sutherland, Books, audio books, Jane Austen Sequel, Historical Fiction

Family, Sacrifice, and Literary Endurance

thrillseekingbehavior wrote 4 months ago: While exploring the lives three authors set before me, I found that all three writers were unfortun … more →

Tags: Literature, Literary criticism, Feminism, Marriage, Grasmere Journals, William Alcott, A Physiology of Marriage, "The Spartan Mother and her Son", felicia hemans