The real Mary Wollstonecraft, whose surviving portraits look nothing like the Newington Green monument, was a moral and political philosopher, born in London in 1759. Sadly, Wollstonecraft was not ...

Mary Wollstonecraft always attracted controversy. Now, a statue to commemorate "Britain’s first feminist", near where she lived and worked in Newington Green, north London, has provoked debate ...

The work, by the British artist Maggi Hambling, stands in the middle of Newington Green, a grassy square flanked by historic buildings, including a 1708 church where Wollstonecraft used to hear ...

The unveiling of the sculpture this week in Newington Green, a north London open space, quickly drew backlash from those who see it as counter to Wollstonecraft’s legacy and beliefs.

Members of the Mary on the Green group hope that Hambling’s Wollstonecraft installation will be completed next year, but the campaign still needs £60,000 to reach its funding target. You can ...

This undated handout photo issued by the Mary on the Green campaign of Maggi Hambling's 'A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft' which has been unveiled on Newington Green, London. A sculpture ...

The sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft, by artist Maggi Hambling, went on display on Newington Green, Islington, on Tuesday. Born in London in 1759, Wollstonecraft was an 18th Century author and ...

Maggi Hambling's 'A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft' unveiled on Newington Green, London, as world's first memorial to the feminist pioneer.

Wollstonecraft wrote Thoughts in 1787 when she was 27 and running a school in Newington Green, near London. Teaching, in addition to serving as a companion or governess, were the career choices ...

Price’s friends included the feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft, who ran a school in Newington Green, was the mother of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley and was part of Price’s ...

A sculpture celebrating Mary Wollstonecraft as the mother of feminism has attracted criticism even before it was unveiled.