Wollstonecraft mụrụ na 27 Eprel 1759 na Spitalfields, London. Ọ bụ nwa nke abụọ n'ime ụmụ asaa nke Elizabeth Dixon na Edward John Wollstonecraft. Ọ bụ ezie na ezinụlọ ya nwere ego dị mma mgbe ọ bụ nwata, nna ya jiri nwayọọ nwayọọ mefuo ya na atụmatụ atụmatụ. N'ihi ya, ezinụlọ ahụ ghọrọ ndị na-akwụghị ụgwọ ma a manyere ha ịkwaga mgbe Wollstonecraft dị obere. Ọnọdụ ego nke ezinụlọ ahụ mechara bụrụ nke jọgburu onwe ya nke na nna Wollstone mere ka ọ gbanwee ego ọ gaara eketa mgbe ọ tozuru oke. Ọzọkwa, o doro anya na ọ bụ nwoke na-eme ihe ike nke ga-eti nwunye ya ihe n'oge mmanya na-egbu ya. Mgbe ọ bụ nwata, Wollstonecraft na-agha ụgha n'èzí ọnụ ụlọ nne ya iji chebe ya.
Elizabeth Dixon na Edward John Wollstonecraft