The Road less Travelled

Female explorers of the 19th century demolished Victorian notions of stay-at-home women. But why were they so vehemently anti-feminist? The case of Mary Wollstonecraft may hold the answer. 

Mary Wollstonecraft, by John Opie, c.1797 © National Portrait Gallery, London.
Mary Wollstonecraft, by John Opie, c.1797 © National Portrait Gallery, London.

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