Biography

== =Biography on Mary Wollstonecraft=

Mary Wollstonecraft was born on April 27, 1759, to Edward John Wollstonecraft and Elizabeth Dickson in Hoxton, England. On April 19, 1782, when was just 22 Mary Wollstonecraft's mother died. When Mary's mother died her father got remarried and moved away and she wanted to stay where she lived so she went to live with her friend Fanny Blood and her family. Mary's sister Eliza also lived with Mary's friend Fanny but she soon left because she got married. After Eliza's marriage ended she moved back in with Fanny and Mary.

Soon after Eliza moved back the three of them; Eliza, Fanny, and Mary; opened up a school. They opened their school in Islington originally but soon moved it to Newington Green. At the school Mary Wollstonecraft was a teacher and later the headmistress while Fanny and Eliza were teachers. It was here that Mary got her ideas for gender equality. At her school she noticed that young women were already raised to treat men as being more important. In 1786 Mary Wollstonecraft's school failed due to financial issues.

Mary Wollstonecraft's first book, __Thoughts on the Educations of Daughters__, was published by Joseph Johnson. After her first book was published she traveled to Bristol with the family she was working. While their she wrote another book, this time a novel titled, Mary: A Fiction. Once Mary's job for the Kingsborough's ended she moved back to London where she began to work for Joseph Johnson who published her first book. Through him she met a lot of different authors and philosophers. Mary has a few more books published by Joseph Johnson.

Around 1793 Mary Wollstonecraft met and married Gilbert Imlay. The next year they had a daughter named Fanny. After Mary Wollstonecraft caught Gilbert cheating on her she attempted to commit suicide but was saved by her. This happened again at a later time but she was saved again this time by strangers. After this she left Gilbert for William Godwin who she soon married. Mary had a second daughter from this marriage named Mary Shelley but Mary then died from childbirth in 1797 in London, England.

__Five keypoints:__
 * 1) Mary Wollstonecraft got her start by teaching at a school
 * 2) Mary Wollstonecraft's first book, __Thoughts on the Educations of Daughters__, made her well known through out the scholar community
 * 3) Mary Wollstonecraft worked for Joseph Johnson who introduced her to many different authors and philosophers
 * 4) Mary Wollstonecraft's first husband cheated on her which caused her to meet her future husband William Godwin
 * 5) Mary Wollstonecraft died from childbirth in 1797

Timeline of Mary Wollstonecraft's life