Women's History Month Featured Leader: Mary Wollstonecraft

In March, we’re featuring an influential woman every day in honor of Women’s History Month.
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Today we’re celebrating:

Mary Wollstonecraft

Writer, philosopher, women’s rights advocate (1759 – 1797)
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• Wrote treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book before the age of 38
• Best known for “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, which challenged the popular “Rights of Man” and argued that women were subjugated to men and made to appear inferior through lack of education and resources
• Argued that men and women should be treated equally in a society based on reason
• Died giving birth to her second daughter, writer Mary Shelley