Author Description

'Wrongs of Women' follows Mary Wollstonecraft as she tries to find her place as a young woman in society, during the Age of Enlightenment. She becomes embroiled in a tangled web of murder and intrigue, whilst facing anti-feminism and small minded prejudice. What made a 15 year-old girl from a dysfunctional family in the market town of Beverley, East Yorkshire in 1774 develop into a novelist, travel writer and beacon of feminism? Did her experiences at that time influence her future behaviour and views? Mary Wollstonecraft died aged 38 having been revered and reviled for her views on equal education and for having well-publicised affairs with Henry Fuseli and Gilbert Imlay. She was viciously criticised for suggesting women could have sexual feelings and her name appeared in a dictionary next to 'prostitute'.