Mary Ann Radcliffe

For other people named Mary Radcliffe, see Mary Radcliffe (disambiguation).

Mary Ann Radcliffe
BornMary Ann Clayton
18 June 1746 (baptism) [1]
Nottingham
DiedShortly before 6 August 1818 [1]
Edinburgh
Resting placeOld Calton Cemetery, Edinburgh
Occupationwriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
EducationBar Convent, York
PeriodRegency
GenreFeminism, Autobiography, Possibly Gothic Novelist
Notable worksThe Female Advocate; or, An Attempt to Recover the Rights of Women from Male Usurpation, 1799
SpouseJoseph Radcliffe
ChildrenAnna, Mary, Sarah, Joseph, James, Charles, Winifred, Frances

Mary Ann Radcliffe (1746 – 1818)[1][2] was an important British figure in the early feminist movement.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Mary Ann Radcliffe at the Orlando Project, Cambridge University Press
  2. ^ Isobel Grundy (2004). Radcliffe, Mary Ann (b. c.1746, d. in or after 1810). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37876 (subscription required)
  3. ^ Krueger, Christine L. (2009). Encyclopedia of British writers, 19th and 20th Centuries. Infobase Publishing. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-4381-0870-4.