Maria
or, The Wrongs of Woman
12 October 1994
Description
In Maria, Wollstonecraft pursues in fictional form themes set forth in 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.'
Her story of a woman incarcerated in a madhouse by her abusive husband dramatizes the effect of the English marriage laws, which made women virtually the property of their husbands.
Also By: Mary Wollstonecraft 
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: A Norton Critical Edition
Third Edition, Paperback, 2009
Arguably the most original book of the eighteenth century, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a pioneering feminist work.