Three - year - old Fanny , who had been scarred from smallpox , was unofficially adopted by her stepfather and given the name of Godwin .
Wollstonecraft died in September of the same year , from complications giving birth to Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin , who survived .
Three - year - old Wollstonecraft , who had been scarred from smallpox , was unofficially adopted by Wollstonecraft 's stepfather and given the name of Godwin .
Wollstonecraft died in September of the same year , from complications giving birth to Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin , who survived .