Leonie Leeder and Nicola Law guest present this discussion with Dr Susan Manly, Reader in English at the University of St Andrews.
Susan's research focuses on two 18th century female writers, Maria Edgeworth and Mary Wollstonecraft, early feminists who explored ideas of identity, sexuality and the female body.
Leonie, Nicola and Susan discuss how these writers fought back against the oppression women encountered in society, the backlash they received as a result and what we can learn from examining marginalisation in the past.
Susan recommends...
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon for Mary's feminism.
Maria Edgeworth: Women, Enlightenment and Nation by Cliona O' Gallchoir for insights into Maria, her life and context.
You can also find walks around sites related to Mary Wollstonecraft at Wollstonecraft Walks.
Find out more of Edgeworth's life through the Opening the Edgeworth Papers project at the Bodlein Library, University of Oxford.
And, of course, you can read the works of both Wollstonecraft and Edgeworth themselves.
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