Mary Wollstonecraft / ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft / (April 27, 1759 - September 10, 1797) was an English writer and philosopher. Considered a leading figure in the modern world and one of the initiators of feminist thought, she was the mother of Mary Shelley. He wrote novels, short stories, essays, treatises, a travel story, and a children's literature book. He lived in Ireland, France, and England and frequented circles of painters, writers, philosophers, and publishers. As a woman of the 18th century, she was able to establish herself as a professional and freelance writer in London, something unusual for the time. In his Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792), he argues that women are not by nature inferior to men, but appear to be so because they do not receive the same education, and that men and women should be treated as rational beings. Imagine, too, a social order based on reason. With this work, she established the foundations of modern feminism and made her one of the most popular women in Europe at the time. Wollstonecraft died at the age of thirty-eight due to complications from the birth of her daughter, leaving several unfinished manuscripts behind her.