In his family he learned from experience the inequality between males and females. When she started working she had limitations because she was middle class and unmarried. Wollstonecraft “worked as a paid companion in the fashionable resort of Bath, as a governess in an aristocratic family, and as a school owner” (“Mary Wollstonecraft”). During this time she not only witnessed inequality in education, but also saw how many women were living in unhappy marriages and were powerless to do anything to resolve their unhappiness. Wollstonecraft had little to no formal education and therefore relied on self-education. This later led to why she spoke seriously about allowing women to receive equal education. Later in Wollstonecraft's life she developed a first love which blossomed into a relationship with Gilbert Imlay, and from this an illegitimate daughter named Franny was born. In 1795 he attempted suicide. Wollstonecraft married William Godwin and had a legitimate daughter named Mary Shelley. The end of Wollstonecraft's life was not ideal, in 1797 she died following complications from her daughter Mary Shelley