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Mary Wollstonecraft was born
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Wollstonecraft Opens a School
Open as school in Newington Green England with her sister and friend to provide respectable work for her and other women -
Thoughts on the Education of Daughters Published
Wollstonecraft's first book which advocated women be given more opportunities -
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French Revolution
Period of social and political upheaval that challenged and overthrew the French Monarchy. Wollstonecraft traveled to France to observe the changes. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen created
Document from the French Revolution which set out the rights of citizens but failed to address the rights of women -
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Published
Trailblazing feminist book which advocating for the equal education for women and men as well as critiszing the -
Mary Wollstonecraft's death
She died after giving birth to her daughter Mary Shelley due to blood poisoning from retained placenta