Mary Wollstonecraft, the 18th-century English writer and philosopher often dubbed the “mother of feminism,” received a new tribute, a statue in a London park meant to honor her life and work. But soon after the statue was unveiled, it got hit with some sharp backlash. Host Marco Werman talks with Bee Rowlatt, who has led the campaign to get a sculpture celebrating Mary Wollstonecraft in Newington Green in north London.
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