Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759 - 1797, author of 'A Vindication of the Right of Women', pioneer of women's rights and mother of Mary Shelley. Stayed in a house on this site in 1784 and lived early years in Hoxton.
London Borough of Hackney
E8, Mare Street, 373-5
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mary Wollstonecraft - E8
Born in London, at the Polygon building in Somers Town. Parents: William Godw...
Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spita...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Mary Wollstonecraft - E8
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865 - 1925, Camden Town Group painter, lived here, 1900 - 1925. English Heritage
This site has evolved over the years from flowers place around the tree to become the shrine that it is today. The steps were probably i...
Thanks go to our French consultant, John Hartley, for the translation. We believe the text comes from a speech made by de Gaulle, after,...
May 2016: The Islington Tribute reports that the plaque has been replaced, 27 May, with one giving the correct date of habitation (1944-7...
The white post is a flag pole sporting the green flag that, it seems, all parks have been awarded.
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