Bouten, Jacob. Mary Wollstonecraft and
The Beginnings of Female Emancipation in France and England
Amersterdam: Amsterdam University. 1923.
This book attempts to relate Mary Wollstonecraft and early French
philosophers, as well as studying the beginning of female emancipation
in France and England. Chapters include: The Main Theories Regarding
the Position of Women, The Beginnings of A Feminist Movement in
France, Radical Feminism: Mary Wollstonecraft, and others. It also
has an extensive bibliography
Chaapel family papers, 1852-1942,
bulk 1874-1899.
Consist primarily of writings by Jay Chaapel (1829-1902)-free
thinker, spiritualist, lecturer, and editor--on a variety of topics:
Shaker communities in New England, including a biographical essay on
Ann Lee; descriptions of places in Maine, ca.1898; the burial of John
Brown; thoughts on spiritualism, love and marriage, women's rights,
people, and events. There are holograph copies of writings by others,
including extracts from 16 letters, 1793-95, of Mary Wollstonecraft
to [Gilbert] Imlay accompanied by extensive biographical
notes on Wollstonecraft. Correspondence includes an 1879 letter from
an elderly Shaker sister criticizing the celibate life, three letters
from Jay Chaapel to his first wife, Calphurnia Crofut, a few letters
of other family members, including his children (Harry, Ralph, and
Belle Chaapel), and one letter from J. S. Coxey to Belle
Chaapel.
Detre, Jean. A most extraordinary pair: Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin. 1st ed. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1975
Flexner, Eleanor. Mary
Wollstonecraft. New York: McCann and Geoghegan. 1979
A biography that reveals Mary's life in great length and details.
Also, tells the start of her life goals.
Jebb, Camilla. Mary Wollstonecraft.
London: Herbert & Daniel; Chicago: F.G. Browne & Co.
1913.
Contains an introduction.--Calendar of principal events.--A
vindication of the Rights of Men.--A Vindication of the Rights of
Woman.-- An historical and moral view of the origin of the French
Revolution.--Letters.--Mary: A Fiction
Lorch, Jennifer. The Making of a Radical
Feminist. New York: Berg St. Martin's Press. 1990
This is a feminism literature book that reveals the struggles of
Mary's goals of education for women. Images included within
text.
Mazel, Ella, ed. Ahead of Her Time: A
Sampler of the Life and Thought of Mary Wollstonecraft .
Larchmont, New York: Bernel Books. 1995.
A good collection of the excerpts of letters and writings on: Women's
Rights; The Rights of Man; The French Revolution; Education; Moral
Values; The Slavery of Marriage; Social Justice; Wealth and poverty;
The Evils of Power and Property; The Venality of Politicians; And
her own account of "Her Struggle for Independence; Her
Unconventional LIfe; Her Ill-Fated Liaison with Gilbert Imlay; and
Her Finding Happiness at Last with William Godwin before Her Early
Death".
Nixo, Edna. Mary Wollstonecraft: Her
Life and Times. London: Aldine House. 1971. Solomon, Barbara H.
and Berggren, Paula S. eds. A Mary Wollstonecraft Reader. New
York: New American Library. 1983.
A biography of Mary Wollstonecraft divided into four helpful
sections. This biography presents an interesting angle on a life
already well-researched. It presents Mary as not only an original
thinker but a woman of the "future".
Wardle, Ralph. Mary Wollstonecraft: A
Critical Biography. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press.
1951.
A thorough biography of Mary Wollstonecraft which is very readable.