Who are Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin? What did William Godwin reveal in the novel Memoirs of the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman that caused such a scandalous outcry among Mary Wollstonecraft's readers? Why were these revelations so scandalous to begin with? The following essay will attempt to detail Godwin's scandal, his reasoning behind revelations involving suicide attempts and suicide cases, and public opinion and the placement of women at the time. This article will explain much of the history of everyone involved, from Wollstonecraft herself to Godwin and the British subjects. Mary Wollstonecraft is the second of seven children. Hailing from a wealthy and wealthy family, her father squandered their money, making them financially unstable. Although she was raised the same as all women of the time, her father's violent anger led her to become the maternal protector of her mother and sisters. Wollstonecraft slept outside her mother's bedroom to stop her father from beating her, and in her 20s she convinced her sister Eliza to leave her husband and child while she suffered from postpartum depression, putting off question social norms. As a woman, her education was lacking. , which was the custom for female people, especially those who lived without financial stability. Although she did not receive a formal education, her own desires for knowledge and her talents in translating and revising works gave her the opportunity to meet various authors and figures such as Kant, Pain, and Godwin. Wollstonecraft translated texts as if they were his own, rewriting most of them. While translating texts, Mary Wollstonecraft wrote for the Analytical Review. He worked for the periodical ...... middle of paper ......n.Works citedBaudino, Isabelle, Jacques Carré and Cécile Révauger.The invisible woman: aspects of women's work in 18th-century Britain. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2005. Web. February 29, 2012.Paul, Charles Kegan. William Godwin: His Friends and Contemporaries, Volume 1. HS King, 1876. eBook. March 9, 2012 Tomaselli, Sylvana. "Mary Wollstonecraft", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2011 edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), Web. March 6, 2012. Wollstonecraft, Mary. A vindication of women's rights: with restrictions on political and moral matters. Print.