Primary and Secondary Sources
Bergès, Sandrine. The Routledge Guidebook to Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. 1st ed., Routledge, 2013, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203094181. This guidebook explains the key themes and arguments in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Bergès connects the text to historical and philosophical influences. It is useful for understanding the significance of Wollstonecraft’s work in feminist theory.
Cambon, Maria Geertruida van de. Young Grandison: A Series of Letters from Young Persons to Their Friends. Translated by Mary Wollstonecraft, vol. 1, William Jones, 1790. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
Conniff, James. “Edmund Burke and His Critics: The Case of Mary Wollstonecraft.” Journal of the History of Ideas, vol. 60, no. 2, 1999, pp. 299–318, https://doi.org/10.1353/jhi.1999.0012. This article analyzes the debate between Wollstonecraft and Edmund Burke over revolution and human rights. Conniff shows how Wollstonecraft’s arguments challenge Burke’s conservative views. It is helpful for understanding the political context behind her early works.
Kramnick, Miriam Brody. Mary Wollstonecraft: Mother of Women’s Rights. 1st ed., Oxford University Press, 2000.
This biography gives a detailed account of Mary Wollstonecraft’s life and her contributions to early feminism. It explores the social and political context that shaped her ideas. The book is useful for understanding how her personal experiences influenced her writings.
Necker, Jacques. Of the Importance of Religious Opinions. Translated by Mary Wollstonecraft, Thomas Hall, 1788. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
Salzmann, Christian Gotthilf. Elements of Morality, for the Use of Children; with an Introductory Address to Parents. Translated by Mary Wollstonecraft, 2 vols., Carter and Wilkinson, 1790. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
Sor Juana de la Cruz. Response of the Poet to Sor Filotea. 1691. University of Rochester Blackboard, 2025.
Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke. J. Johnson, 1790.
—. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. J. Johnson, 1792.
—. An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution; and the Effect It Has Produced in Europe. J. Johnson, 1794. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
—. Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. J. Johnson, 1796. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
—. Maria; or, The Wrongs of Woman. Edited by William Godwin, J. Johnson, 1798. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
—. Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations, Calculated to Regulate the Affections and Form the Mind to Truth and Goodness. Illustrated by William Blake, J. Johnson, 1788. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
—. Mary: A Fiction. J. Johnson, 1788. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
—. Thoughts on the Education of Daughters: With Reflections on Female Conduct, in the More Important Duties of Life. J. Johnson, 1787. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
—. Reviews in Analytical Review, 1788–1792, 1796–1797. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
—. “On Poetry and Our Relish for the Beauties of Nature.” Monthly Magazine, Apr. 1797, pp. 279–282.
—. The Cave of Fancy: A Tale. In Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, edited by William Godwin, J. Johnson, 1798. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
—. Letters on the Management of Infants. In Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, edited by William Godwin, J. Johnson, 1798. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
—. Hints. In Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, edited by William Godwin, J. Johnson, 1798. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.—. The Emigrants; or, The History of an Expatriated Family, Being a Delineation of English Manners, Drawn from Real Character. Traditionally ascribed to Gilbert Imlay, more probably by Mary Wollstonecraft, Dublin: C. Brown, 1794. Eighteenth Century Collections Online.