Early Women Writers [18th century]

Anne Bradstreet- 1612-1672
-Never intended to publish her work
-Published by brother without her consent
-Focus on faith and husband, then children

Mary Rowlandson- 1637-1711
-Captivity narrative
-America's first "bestseller"  with four printings
-Many similar fiction works based on a similar plot

Phillis Wheatley- 1753-1784
-First African American poet
-Taught and encouraged by her owners
-Christian center or dedications- thankful for slavery
-Married freed grocer and died in poverty

Lady Mary Wortley Motagu- 1689-1762
-Wrote a political periodical called the Nonsense of Common-Sense
-Often critical letters to sister or love letters
-Poems of independent woman nature

 Franny Burney- 1752-1840
-4 novels, 8 plays, 1 biography, 20 volumes of journals/ letters
-Novels on English aristocrats and satirize social pretensions
-1 play performed and closed after first night

Mary Wollstonecraft- 1759-1797 
-Arora Leigh reflects Mary's focus on education.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning read The Rights of Woman at age 12.