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Gale Group Inc. of the Thomson Corporation presents a biographical sketch of English author Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (1759-1797). The sketch highlights Godwin's childhood, her writings, her political views, and her personal life.

Mary Wollstonecraft is recognized as an important early feminist. This Element argues that she is also an ingenious moral philosopher, who showed that true virtue and the liberty of women are necessarily interdependent. The Element consists of eight sections. After an introduction, Section 2 discusses Wollstonecraft's concept of reason by examining its metaphysical foundation and its role as moral capacity. According to Wollstonecraft, reason interacts closely with the passions. Then, Sections 3 and 4 discuss the roles of the passions and the imagination. Reason, passion and imagination all come together in Wollstonecraft's discussions of love and friendship, which are the topic of Section 5. Wollstonecraft values education and knowledge, but discussions of her epistemology have been rare. Section 6 analyses some aspects of her views on knowledge. Finally, Section 7 discusses Wollstonecraft's notion of virtue, including its relations to liberty and duty. Section 8 makes some general conclusions.

El haber nacido hombre o mujer aún es importante en relación con la posición que cada uno ocupa en el hogar, en la política, en definitiva, en la sociedad. El pertenecer a uno u otro sexo todavía condiciona las oportunidades, los trabajos, los salarios, etc. Por lo tanto, la obra de Wollstonecraft tiene hoy en día plena virtualidad y, en cierto modo, sorprende la clarividencia de esta mujer en el siglo XVIII. Se rebela contra la negación de las capacidades intelectuales de la mujer, contra la ignorancia que se le impone, y contra la imposibilidad de elección de su propio destino. Ella está convencida de que sólo si la mujer tiene una educación podrá ser independiente y le será reconocida su dignidad como mujer y como persona, y eso reclama: dignidad, educación, respetabilidad, y sobre todo, igualdad. ; Having been born a man or a woman is still important today in regard to the position you have at home, in politics, and ultimately, in society. Your membership to one or another sex still determines your opportunities, your job and your salary; therefore, Wollstonecrafts work has full relevance nowadays, and in some ways, her clairvoyance is surprising coming as it does from as early as the 18th century. She rebels against the negation of womans intellectual capacities, against the ignorance that is imposed on her and against the impossibility of choosing her own destiny. She is convinced that only with education woman will be independent and her dignity as person will be recognised, and she demands that: dignity, education, respectability, and above all, equality.