Full name: Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft

Author: Lyndall Gordon Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, Non Fiction, History, Feminism, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780060957742 0060957743

The founder of modern feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was the most famous woman of her era. A brilliant, unconventional rebel vilified for her strikingly modern notions of education, family, work, and personal relationships, she nevertheless strongly influenced political philosophy in Europe and a newborn America. Now acclaimed biographer Lyndall Gordon mounts a spirited defense of this courageous woman whose reputation has suffered over the years by painting a full and vibrant portrait of an extraordinary historical figure who was generations ahead of her time. Similar books: The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft by Claire Tomalin Soldier by Karen DeYoung Savage Art by Robert Polito The World Is What It Is by Patrick French A Lot to Ask by Hazel Holt The Life of Raymond Chandler by Frank MacShane A Tragic Honesty by Blake Bailey Simenon by Pierre Assouline Anne Morrow Lindbergh by Susan Hertog Anais by Noel Riley Fitch Like a Fiery Elephant by Jonathan Coe Simone de Beauvoir by Deirdre Bair Howard Hughes by Donald L. Barlett Cheever by Blake Bailey Nancy Reagan by Kitty Kelley Assata by Assata Shakur Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst Wrapped in Rainbows by Valerie Boyd