I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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About Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.
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The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.
I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.
The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.
My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.
My dreams were all my own I accounted for them to nobody they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.
I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my a…
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