Female friendships are central to both of Wollstonecraft's novels, but it is the friendship between Maria and Jemima, the servant charged with watching over her in the insane asylum, that is the most historically significant.
As amizades femininas son centrais para ambas as novelas de Wollstonecraft, pero é a amizade entre Maria e Jemima, a criada encargada de vixiala no manicomio, que é a máis salientable.