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624619
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| Title & Author
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The equality of the sexes : : three feminist texts of the seventeenth century /\ translated with an introduction and notes by Desmond M. Clarke
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| Edition Statement
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First edition
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xiv, 220 pages ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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9780199673506
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: 0199673500
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: 9780199673513
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: 0199673519
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- The equality of men and women / Marie le Jars de Gournay -- The ladies' complaint / Marie le Jars de Gournay -- A dissertation on the natural capacity of women for study and learning / Anna Maria van Schurman -- Excerpts from the Correspondence / Anna Maria van Schurman -- Excerpts from Eukleria / Anna Maria van Schurman -- A physical and moral discourse concerning the equality of both sexes / Franco̦is Poulain de la Barre -- Conversations concerning the education of ladies [excerpt] / Franco̦is Poulain de la Barre
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| Abstract
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"Desmond M. Clarke presents new translations of three of the first feminist tracts to support explicitly the equality of the sexes. The alleged inferiority of women's nature and the corresponding roles that women were (in)capable of exercising in society was debated in Western culture from the civilization of ancient Greece to the establishment of early Christian churches. There had also been some proponents of women's superiority (in comparison with men) prior to the early modern period. In contrast with both of these claims, the seventeenth century witnessed the first publications that argued for the equality of men and women." -- Publisher website
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| Subject
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Gournay, Marie Le Jars de,1565-1645
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Schurman, Anna Maria van,1607-1678
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Poulain de La Barre, François,1647-1723
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Sex role-- Early works to 1800
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Feminist theory-- Early works to 1800
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| Dewey Classification
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305.3
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| LC Classification
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HQ1075.E69 2013
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| Added Entry
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Clarke, Desmond M.
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