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Books by and About Rachel Speght, Early Feminist

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Rachel Speght was the first woman known to have published a women's rights pamphlet in English under her own name. Here are some works by or about Rachel Speght and her writings.

1. Female Replies to Swetnam the Woman-Hater: 1615-20 Editions

Rachel Speght's writings were in response to Swetnam, and though there were several other responses, hers was the only one written by a woman under her own name.
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2. Polemics and Poems of Rachel Speght

Barbara Kiefer Lewalski. Includes a biographical essay and Rachel Speght's women's rights and gender writings and poems.
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3. Polemics and Poems of Rachel Speght

Barbara Kiefer Lewalski. Same book as above, but in the hardcover edition.
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4. Women Writers in Renaissance England

by Randall Martin. An annotated collection of writings of women which includes Rachel Speght.
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5. First Feminists: British Women Writers 1578 - 1799

Moire Ferguson. Includes Rachel Speght.
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6. First Feminists: British Women Writers 1578 - 1799

Moria Ferguson. Hardcover version of the above book.
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7. The Early Modern Englishwoman: Part 1, Vol. 4

Full title: The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimilie Library of Essential Works, Part 1: Printed Writings, 1500-1640, Volume 4, Defences of Women: Jane Anger, Rachel Speght, Ester Sowernam, and Constantia Munda. Susan Gushee O'Malley. One volume in a multi-volume set.
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