# @wild_history_uk on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcEInZ2IC_T
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69342140-wild-history-uk-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0075d22e3c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-15T14:46:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wild History Shocking Stories From the Past (@wild_history_uk) — https://gondola.cc/wild_history_uk

## Caption

In September 1797, Mary Wollstonecraft died ten days after giving birth — a doctor had reached in to remove the afterbirth by hand, without washing first.

Her daughter grew up never knowing her. That daughter was Mary Shelley, who grew up to write Frankenstein.

#BritishHistory #UKHistory #WomensHistory

## Stats

- **Views:** 2,177
- **Likes:** 48
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 0

## Tags

womenshistory, britishhistory, ukhistory

---
Copyright (c) Gondola