Erection date: 8/3/2011
London Borough of Islington
Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759-1797, writer, teacher and feminist, opened a school for girls near this site in 1784.
Plaque unveiled by councillor Catherine West, leader of Islington Council, Unveiled on International Women’s Day.
N16, Newington Green, Newington Green Primary School
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mary Wollstonecraft - N16
Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spita...
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Mary Wollstonecraft - N16
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Founded here by Elizabeth and Constance Finn, the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association, on 5th May 1897.
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