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2 giorni fa · After two ill-fated affairs, with Henry Fuseli and Gilbert Imlay (by whom she had a daughter, Fanny Imlay), Wollstonecraft married the philosopher William Godwin, one of the forefathers of the anarchist movement. Wollstonecraft died at the age of 38 leaving behind several unfinished manuscripts.
- 27 April 1759, Spitalfields, London, England
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- 10 September 1797 (aged 38), Somers Town, London, England
3 giorni fa · On the morning of 10 October, Fanny Imlay was found dead in a room at a Swansea inn, along with a suicide note and a laudanum bottle. On 10 December, Percy Shelley's wife, Harriet, was discovered drowned in the Serpentine, a lake in Hyde Park, London. Both suicides were hushed up.
5 mag 2024 · As a result of her relationship with the American land speculator Gilbert Imlay, Wollstonecraft gave birth to a daughter, Fanny Imlay, in 1794. She refers to Fanny throughout these letters as "the creature." Mary Wollstonecraft: Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787)
14 mag 2024 · In August 1793 Wollstonecraft registered at the American Embassy in Paris as the wife of Gilbert Imlay (1754?-1828?) of New Jersey and Kentucky. She had met him in Revolutionary Paris and the two were lovers but did not marry. Their daughter, Franșoise (Fanny) Imlay (1794-1816), was born in May.
23 apr 2024 · In 1792 Wollstonecraft left England to observe the French Revolution in Paris, where she lived with an American, Captain Gilbert Imlay. In the spring of 1794 she gave birth to a daughter, Fanny. The following year, distraught over the breakdown of her relationship with Imlay, she attempted suicide.
1 giorno fa · Despite her wishes, Wollstonecraft officially left France in 1795 due to Imlay’s refusal to join her and Wollstonecraft’s denial to bestow illegitimacy on Fanny. They arrived in London, but Imlay rejected her, leading to the author committing an attempt on her life. Travel Narrative and Return to London Society
5 mag 2024 · When Mary Wollstonecraft married William Godwin, she already had a 3-year-old daughter named Fanny Imlay, the product of a turbulent and decidedly unmarried relationship with American adventurer Gilbert Imlay.
