Remembering Mary Wollstonecraft: A Conversation

• Published in: Nineteenth-Century gender studies Vol. 17; no. 2
• Main Authors: Clery, E J, Rowlatt, Bee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lexington Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Biography; Commemorationn; Equal rights; Feminism; Gender equity; Gender Studies; Genusvetenskap; Mary Wollstonecraft; Sculpture; Textual Editing; Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797); Women
• ISSN: 1556-7524

In 2019 Bee Rowlatt and Emma Clery came together, with Roberta Wedge, to organize “A Celebration of Mary Wollstonecraft” marking the 260th anniversary of her birth, supported by the University of Southampton and the Institute of English Studies, University of London. Bee continues to promote Wollstonecraft’s legacy via The Wollstonecraft Society, a registered educational charity campaigning for gender equality and human rights (www.wollstonecraftsociety.org). In March 2021, Emma signed a contract with Oxford University Press to serve as General Editor of a six-volume scholarly edition of the works of Mary Wollstonecraft, a project expected to run for ten years. [ 12 ] Emma Clery: Drawing a comparison between statuary and the collected scholarly edition, the mode in which I’m choosing to commemorate Wollstonecraft, there are arguments to be made against engaging in the laborious business of these forms of remembrance.