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Rachel Speght
(1597–1698)
Poet
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Rachel Speght was a poet.
Quick Facts About Rachel Speght
- Born
- January 1, 1597
- Died
- November 30, 1698
- Profession
- Poet
About Rachel Speght
[Wikidata] poet and polemicist... | [Wikipedia]
Rachel Speght was a poet and polemicist. She was the first Englishwoman to identify herself, by name, as a polemicist and critic of misogyny. Speght, a feminist and a Calvinist, is perhaps best known for her tract A Mouzell for Melastomus. It is a prose refutation of Joseph Swetnam's misogynistic
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