Mary Wollstonecraft is an 18th century author whose name and ideas still echo in feminist world. She advocated a change in approach to education for women which would lead to their better position in society and would end an oppression to which they were exposed. Wollstonecraft's life was turbulent and gave her plenty of material to observe and discuss the position of women, starting from her own family and later love affairs. Also, she felt the atmosphere of some great social events such as the French Revolution. Her impression was that everywhere, women are forgotten and their rights are not considered relevant as those of men. In her work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, she examines and explains how society oppresses women and argues with some great authors of the time (like Jean Jacques Rousseau), giving counter arguments for their theses. In this work, I will try to present and elaborate Wollstonecraft's main work by putting it in a proper context and showing how her work might have influenced some other authors such as Jane Austen and Ann Radcliffe. Some modern feminist views and intrepretations of Mary Wollstonecraft will also be given.