First feminists Book

Preface Introduction

Margaret Tyler fl. 1578
From translation by Tyler of The First Part of the Mirrour of Princely Deeds and Knyghthood: Dedication and the Epistle to the Reader,

Jane Anger, fl. 1589
Jane Anger her Protection for Women

Ester Sowernam, fl. 1617
From Ester Hath Hang’d Haman: Address; From Chapter 7

Joane Sharp, fl. 1617
A Defence of Women: Poem concluding Ester Sowernam’s Ester Hath Hang’d Haman

Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, 1623-1673
From Philosophical and Physical Opinions: Preface To the Two Most Famous Universities of England, 1655
From The Convent of Pleasure, 1668

Katherine Fowler Philips, 1631-1664
From Poems by the Most Deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda, 1667

Margaret Askew Fell Fox, 1614-1702
From Womens Speaking Justified, 1667

Mary Anne Radcliffe, 1746?-after 1810
From the Female Advocate, 1799

Supplementary Readings: Works Not Excerpted