Ruth Scurr

The life and loves of Mary Wollstonecraft

Sylvana Tomaselli reveals how much the passionate, impulsive ‘mother of feminism’ achieved before her tragic death at the age of 38

Portrait by John Opie of Mary Wollstonecraft. Credit: Getty Images

  • Wollstonecraft: Philosophy, Passion and Politics

    Sylvana Tomaselli

    Princeton, pp. 248, £25

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