"Those Historical Laurels which Once Graced My Brow Are Now in Their Wane": Catharine Macaulay's Last Years and Legacy

Looser discusses the life and works of Catharine Macaulay Graham and its legacy to Mary Wollstonecraft. Both Macualay and her successor, Wollstonecraft, led similar lives since both espoused radical politics, published angry responses to Edmund Burke and treatises on women's education, and led...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Studies in romanticism 2003-07, Vol.42 (2), p.203-225
1. Verfasser:	Looser, Devoney
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Activists Anecdotes British history Equal rights Legacies Literary criticism Literary history Macaulay, Catharine (1731-1791) Periodicals Political revolutions Politics Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797) Womens history Womens studies Writers
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Zusammenfassung:	Looser discusses the life and works of Catharine Macaulay Graham and its legacy to Mary Wollstonecraft. Both Macualay and her successor, Wollstonecraft, led similar lives since both espoused radical politics, published angry responses to Edmund Burke and treatises on women's education, and led lives that engendered public scandal. The important essays examining their respective positions on women's rights published by Wollstonecraft showed Macaulay's immense influence on her successor.
ISSN:	0039-3762 2330-118X
DOI:	10.2307/25601616