Female Advocate

By Egerton, Sarah Fyge

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Title:	Female Advocate
Author:	Egerton, Sarah Fyge
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction--Women authors--History and criticism., Literature--Women authors, Literature
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Women Writers Collection
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Fiction

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Excerpt: Early feminist vase apparently written by fourteen-year-old Sarah Fyge. Defends women's rational powers because they are not earthly like Adam or ambitious. Cites examples of heroic women or women who have sacrificed for their husbands. Female Advocate or, an Answer to a Late Satyr Against the Pride, Lust and Inconstancy, &c. of Woman. Written by a Lady in Vindication of her Sex. Licens'd, June 2. 1686. R. P. London: Printed by H. C. for John Taylor, at the Globe in St. Pauls-Church_Yard. 1686.