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An essay in defence of the female sex In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. in a letter to a lady.

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An essay in defence of the female sex In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. in a letter to a lady.

by active 1696-1707 Judith Drake, Mary Astell

EN·~2 hours·9 chapters

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Transcriber’s Note:

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AN ESSAY In Defence of the FEMALE SEX.

0:29

To Her Royal Highness the Princess Anne of Denmark.

4:47

PREFACE.

12:38

To the Most Ingenious Mrs. —— or her Admirable Defence of Her Sex.

3:25

The Reader is desir’d to excuse, and correct all Literal Escapes, and to amend the following thus.

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AN ESSAY In Defence of the Female Sex, &c.

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THE CONTENTS.

2:40

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1:01

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Authorship has been attributed to both Judith Drake and Mary Astell.

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An essay in defence of the female sex In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. in a letter to a lady. In which are inserted the characters of a pedant, a squire, a beau, a vertuoso, a poetaster, a city-critick, &c. in a letter to a lady.

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Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2018-07-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57596

Subjects

Women HQ

About the authors

active 1696-1707 Judith Drake

Best known for a lively early feminist essay, this little-known English writer argued for women’s intelligence and education with wit and sharp social observation. Her surviving work places her among the bold voices challenging gender assumptions at the end of the seventeenth century.

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Mary Astell

1666–1731

An early English feminist thinker, she argued that women deserved the same serious education as men and wrote boldly about reason, religion, and marriage. Her work still stands out for its clarity, courage, and sharp wit.

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