After giving birth to her second daughter, Mary fell ill. During the birth, the placenta became infected, and not a fortnight later, she passed from Septicaemia. Her husband, although meaning well, published  Memoirs of the Author of Vindication of the Rights of Woman, among other unfinished texts, which unintentionally ruined her reputation for many years to come as her relationship practices were well outside the norm. 

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