Talk:Mary Wollstonecraft
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Source of original article, shortcomings.
Suspected Plagiairism
There are hints that portions of this article seems ripped from a centennial biography on Mary Wollstonecraft. Of note, the article mentions "these points have been conceeded in a world that has become a century older." This book was published over TWO centuries ago, in 1791.
Flaws
There are numerous small neglects in the text also. It mentions Wollstonecraft published an Answer. In fact, she published the first. The fact that a woman raised voice first on the issue may have emboldened more than a few.
- Right. I love this article, as it is very informative on a very important early feminist. I fear, however, that: its style is not very encyclopedic, certain statements may border on unqualified POV, and a few facts seem to be simply incorrect. I'm doing a little research for another article concerning feminism at the moment, so I'm planning to make contributions to this article at the same time, but I'd like to know what other contributors think about this article in its current form. AdmN 17:31, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- I think there is too little in this article about her thoughts and ideas. very informative as a biography, though/ marxmax
It also reads like she had two daughters.. one with her de facto husband, and one with her married husband, although only Mary Shelley is named as being her daughter.
According to A History of Britain (see below), she died of septicaemia. Is it medically correct to say that she succumbed to puerperal fever? 24.5.54.111 22:40, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Verifiable Plagairism
Most of the Marriage section is plagairized from the script of A History of Britain, episode Forces of Nature (2002).
- Forces of Nature: ...she seemed to have lost everything except her child: her faith in revolution, in the virtue of the people, her belief in the possibilities of an independent woman's life. Wikipedia: She had lost everything except her child: her faith in revolution, in the virtue of the people and in the possibilities of an independent woman's life.
- Forces of Nature: ...Godwin...a philosopher...was notorious for his rejection of romance as well as marriage... Though they'd agreed not to cohabit, the sworn enemy of matrimony and the feminist were wedded at Saint Pancras Church, and...relaxing into conjugal coziness. To the point where Godwin was prepared at least privately to admit the force of emotion as well as thought...which is what made the end so unbearable. Wikipedia: ..William Godwin, a philosopher who was notorious for his rejection of romance and marriage... Though they had sworn not to get married, the feminist and the enemy of matrimony were wedded at Saint Pancras Church and settled into conjugal happiness. At least in private, Godwin was prepared to admit the force of emotion as well as of thought...which made what was to come seem unbearably cruel.
- Forces of Nature: She is rightly remembered as the founder of modern feminism. Wikipedia: She is considered one of the founders of modern feminism.
24.5.54.111 22:40, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Identity of woman in image.
At Wikimedia Commons I have made a note that the image that has been used here seems to be mis-identified. As the declared source (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/franken.html) of this image indicates, it appears to be an image not of Mary Wollstonecraft herself, but of her daughter Mary Shelley, the the author of Frankenstein, and should be renamed there and replaced here, preferably with another image that could be uploaded to the Commons. I am removing it for now. ~ Kalki 18:27, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Joseph Johnson.
I am translating this article into Polish - it seems that link to Joseph Johnson is invalid. He couldn't publish Mary's book in 1787 when he was two...
Subscription required for Nation article.
[1] (http://www.thenation.com/docprem.mhtml?i=20050613&s=gornick) has 2 paragraphs visible for non-subscribers, the 2nd being only 1 sentence and the 1st mention of Mary. After that it has "This Page Available Only to Nation Subscribers".
Re: User talk:Jeandré#Subscription needed for Nation article?. Bgohla, the computer you're using may be logged in with a subscriber's account - is it at a University? — Jeandré, 2005-06-01t18:00z
In fact, yes. Didn't know that they had a subscription. Bgohla 18:48, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)
And thay really don't, I just checked, now it's the same for me, only being able to see a few lines and then comes the "subscription needed"-notice. I read the entire article a few days ago, must be that thay won't let everybody browse their archives, sad. Bgohla 18:53, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)