Mary Wollstonecraft, her mother, is well-known for writing A Vindication of the Rights of Woman(1792), a pivotal feminist text that frames women’s “inferiority” as a direct consequence of a lack of education. Her family was of reputable status, as both her parents were prominent members of the Enlightenment movement. Mary Shelley was born in London on August 30, 1797. Notable Quote: “Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.”.Children: William Shelley, Clara Everina Shelley, Percy Florence Shelley.Selected Works: History of a Six Weeks’ Tour (1817), Frankenstein (1818), Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1824), The Last Man (1826), Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men (1835-39). Died: February 1, 1851, Chester Square, London, England.Parents: Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin.Born: Augin Somers Town, London, England.Known For: Prolific 19th-century writer whose novel 'Frankenstein' pioneered the science fiction genre.Full Name: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin).
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