A review by wealhtheow
Death and the Maidens: Fanny Wollstonecraft and the Shelley Circle by Janet Todd

3.0

Fanny, the illegitimate daughter of [a: Mary Wollstonecraft|1853305|Mary Wollstonecraft|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1228515449p2/1853305.jpg], was raised by her stepfather, who famously said, "Till the softer sex has produced a Bacon, a Newton, a Hume or a Shakspeare, I never will believe [in formal education for women]". What an ass!