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Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex
Language: en
Pages: 143
Authors: Henricus Cornelius Agrippa
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-11-01 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Originally published in 1529, the Declamation on the Preeminence and Nobility of the Female Sex argues that women are more than equal to men in all things that
Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex
Language: en
Pages: 154
Authors: Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-09-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Originally published in 1529, the Declamation on the Preeminence and Nobility of the Female Sex argues that women are more than equal to men in all things that
Apology for the Woman Writing and Other Works
Language: en
Pages: 206
Authors: Marie le Jars de Gournay
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-11-01 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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During her lifetime, the gifted writer Marie le Jars de Gournay (1565-1645) was celebrated as one of the "seventy most famous women of all time" in Jean de la F
A Woman Who Defends All the Persons of Her Sex
Language: en
Pages: 413
Authors: Gabrielle Suchon
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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During the oppressive reign of Louis XIV, Gabrielle Suchon (1632–1703) was the most forceful female voice in France, advocating women’s freedom and self-det
Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings
Language: en
Pages: 454
Authors: Emilie Du Châtelet
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Though most historians remember her as the mistress of Voltaire, Emilie Du Châtelet (1706–49) was an accomplished writer in her own right, who published mult