Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman

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LONDON: printed for j. johnson, no. 72, st. paul's church.yard; and g.g. and j. robinson, paternoster-row. 1798. It has always appeared to me, that to give to the public some account of the life of a person of eminent merit deceased, is a duty incumbent on survivors. It seldom happens that such a person passes through life, without being the subject of thoughtless calumny, or malignant misrepresentation. It cannot happen that the public at large should be on a footing with their intimate acquaintance, and be the observer of those virtues which discover themselves principally in personal intercourse.