Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759–97 Color:Terracotta She became a professor of

She became a professor of education at the University of Chicago and the Chicago Normal School principal

are poems from Adrienne Rich's The Dream of a Common Language quoted

also at age 15

The literary icon made famous for her classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird

Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759–97 Color:Terracotta She became a professor ofAn English writer and philosopher, Mary Wollstonecraftchampioned education and liberation for women. Her book, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, was published in 1792 and is seen as one of the foundational texts of modern feminism. Written against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it argued for the equality of women to men.