I was just about to automatically type, "Hey guys," but realized the irony.
Anyway...
I went ahead and looked more into the life of Mary Wollstonecraft, well-known feminist and author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Wollstonecraft was born in London in 1759, wrote Rights of Woman in 1792, and died in 1797. She -- get this! -- did not write Frankenstein.
Mary Wollstonecraft married William Godwin in 1797 and gave birth to a daughter, also named Mary. This daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, then married Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1816 and wrote Frankenstein in 1818.
Well. Clears that up!
--Sean
Sources:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=mary+wollstonecraft
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=mary+shelley
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much for doing this research. I was mistaken! I'll try not to let that happen again! Joking. Alas, I am not perfect and mistakes do happen. But I am so glad that we have so many smart people working together in our class.
ReplyDeleteThanks for clearing it up Sean.