“Honoring” Mary Wollstonecraft (Review)

Abstract

Walking through Newington Green Park to get somewhere important to do something important, briefcase heavy with paperwork, one sees a bright silver sculpture glistening in the distance. There’s no time to move closer, examine it in any detail, or read the little plaque explaining its significance. The only fleeting impression is of a doll-size female form standing rigidly atop a seething mass of undulations. Before an opinion can be formed or any more thought given, the park is behind and the business of the day ahead.