
A Feminist before Feminism: Marie De Gournay
Portraits of Liberty
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The Quality of Men and Women
Marie was inspired to write the quality of men an women after reading alexis troussett's work, alphabett. The book is a veritable compendium of mosoginistic arguments against woman. Marie makes her case for equality by constantly quoting from esteemed authorities such as ancient philosophers,. church fathers and passages from the bible.
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