Mary Wollstonecraft: a life in past and present times

This article considers trends in biographical studies of Mary Wollstonecraft and her place in the history of feminism, linking these to changing ideas about the relationship of past, present and future. Early accounts of Wollstonecraft project her life as emblematic of the future, assuming a sense o...

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Published inWomen's history review Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 423 - 436
Main Author Senders Pedersen, Joyce
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 01.07.2011
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Historical Development
Twentieth Century
Womens History
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Summary:This article considers trends in biographical studies of Mary Wollstonecraft and her place in the history of feminism, linking these to changing ideas about the relationship of past, present and future. Early accounts of Wollstonecraft project her life as emblematic of the future, assuming a sense of direction in historical developments. Later twentieth-century accounts depict her life as marked by inconsistency and changes of direction, implying an open-ended future. The more recent accounts bear the impress of a view of history as contingent, characterized by discontinuities between past and present, and changing with the observer's vantage point.
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ISSN:0961-2025
1747-583X
DOI:10.1080/09612025.2011.569167