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“Mary Wollstonecraft, the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and, strangely, her daughter Mary Shelley - the author of Frankenstein - both died of puerperal fever after giving birth.”
No they did not? Mary Shelley died in her 50s? What a weird error. Tempted to DNF but I’m almost halfway through already
— Apr 10, 2026 02:47PM
No they did not? Mary Shelley died in her 50s? What a weird error. Tempted to DNF but I’m almost halfway through already
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Apr 10, 2026 07:02PM
Idk why this straight up lie persists. This is not the first time I have seen this claimed.
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Avery wrote: "Idk why this straight up lie persists. This is not the first time I have seen this claimed."I had never heard this before and there was no citation so I was like did you make this up yourself or???
