Judith Sargent Murray - Writings

Some writings of Judith Sargent Murray, early American feminist, writer, playwright, political commentator and Universalist religious organizer. See also: Judith Sargent Murray (biographies, links to more articles)

Desultory Thoughts ... Self-Complacency ... in Female Bosoms
Judith Sargent Murray published these thoughts about women's role and education in 1784 -- similar to the ideas that Mary Wollstonecraft would publish eight years later.

Future Prospects of Women
An excerpt from the writings of Judith Sargent Murray, as she considers "the Rights of Women" and the importance of neither elevating women nor degrading them.

Judith Sargent Murray: Gleaner, Vol III, No LXXXVII
An example of Judith Sargent Murray's writings, this in an excerpt from the Gleaner.

Works by Judith Sargent Murray
Bonnie Hurd Smith's site includes a number of writings of Judith Sargent Murray: A Universalist Catechism, Desultory Thoughts upon the Utility of encouraging a degree of Self-Complacency, especially in Female Bosoms, On the Equality of the Sexes, On the Domestic Education of Children, The Repository, and The Reaper.

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