The Essay - Enlightenment Voices - Mary Wollstonecraft
Series exploring the work of Enlightenment philosopher and writer Mary Wollstonecraft. Dubbed the first feminist, she became a role model in the 20th-century fight for gender equality
The Essay - Enlightenment Voices - Mary Wollstonecraft - Part 1
Janet Todd considers Mary Wollstonecraft alongside other Enlightenment thinkers. She places her passionate belief in feminism in the context of a broader belief in social reform.
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The Essay - Enlightenment Voices - Mary Wollstonecraft - Part 2
Janet Todd, scholar of early women writers, examines Wollstonecraft's love-hate relationship with the character and writings of Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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The Essay - Enlightenment Voices - Mary Wollstonecraft - Part 3
Baroness Helena Kennedy, a fighter for civil liberties, human rights and social justice, dicusses how Mary Wollstonecraft influenced her life and work.
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The Essay - Enlightenment Voices - Mary Wollstonecraft - Part 4
Janet Todd traces Mary Wollstonecraft's reactions to the events of the French Revolution, and its impact on her hopes and wishes for change in her native England.
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The Essay - Enlightenment Voices - Mary Wollstonecraft - Part 5
Danish-born comedian, writer and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig explains her admiration for Mary Wollstonecraft's book Letters Written in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
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