Women -- Early works to 1800

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• Women

• Feminism -- Early works to 1800
• Man-woman relationships -- Early works to 1800
• Mothers -- Early works to 1800
• Women's rights -- Early works to 1800
• Women -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800
• Women -- Education -- Early works to 1800
• Women -- History -- Early works to 1800
• Women -- Humor -- Early works to 1800
• Women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800
• Women -- Social conditions -- Early works to 1800

• The Female Advocate, by Sarah Fyge Egerton (HTML at Emory)
• Jane Anger, Her Protection for Women (London: Printed by R. Jones and T. Orwin, 1589), by Jane Anger (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Man Superior to Woman (London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1739), by A Gentleman (PDF at theabsolute.net)
• Woman Not Inferior to Man: or, a Short and Modest Vindication of the Natural Right of the Fair-Sex to a Perfect Equality of Power, Dignity and Esteem with the Men (London: Printed for J. Hawkins, 1739), by Sophia
  • HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • PDF at theabsolute.net

• Woman Not Inferior to Man: or, a Short and Modest Vindication of the Natural Right of the Fair-Sex to a Perfect Equality of Power, Dignity and Esteem with the Men (London: Printed for J. Hawkins, 1739), by Sophia
  • HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • PDF at theabsolute.net

• The Invisible Spy (4 volumes; London: Printed for T. Gardner, 1755), by Eliza Fowler Haywood
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV: multiple formats at Google

• The Countesse of Lincolnes Nurserie (Oxford: John Lichfield And James Short, 1622), by Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln
  • HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • HTML with commentary at Emory

• Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (4 volumes; London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1798), by Mary Wollstonecraft, ed. by William Godwin (Gutenberg text)

• The Gentlewomans Companion (1999 edited edition; based on the edition of 1673), ed. by Katherine Ellison, contrib. by Hannah Woolley (HTML at Emory)
• The Gentlewoman's Companion, or, A Guide to the Female Sex, contrib. by Hannah Woolley (HTML at Emory)
• The Ladies Defence: or, The Bride-Woman's Counsellor Answer'd (London: Printed for J. Deeve, 1701), by Mary Lee Chudleigh (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Mundus Muliebris: or, The Ladies Dressing-Room Unlock'd, by Mary Evelyn (HTML at Emory)
• On the Apparel of Women, by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall (HTML with commentary at CCEL)
• Poems on Several Occasions; Together with The Song of the Three Children Paraphras'd (London: Printed by W. B. for Bernard Lintott, 1703), by Mary Lee Chudleigh
  • HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Instruction of a Christen Woman (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c2002), by Juan Luis Vives, ed. by Virginia Walcott Beauchamp, Elizabeth Hageman, and Margaret Lael Mikesell (HTML at U-Illinois Press)

• Essays on Various Subjects, Principally Designed for Young Ladies (London: Printed for J. Wilkie and T. Cadell, 1777), by Hannah More (Gutenberg text)

• Anti-Pamela: or, Feign'd Innocence Detected (London: Printed for J. Huggonson, 1741), by Eliza Fowler Haywood (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• The British Recluse: or, The Secret History of Cleomira, Suppos'd Dead (London: D. Browne and S. Chapman, 1825), by Eliza Fowler Haywood (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Fantomina: or, Love in a Maze, Being a Secret History of an Amour Between Two Persons of Condition (1725), by Eliza Fowler Haywood (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• The Fatal Secret: or, Constancy in Distress (from a 1725 edition), by Eliza Fowler Haywood (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Idalia, or, The Unfortunate Mistress: A Novel (third edition; London: Dan Browne, 1725), by Eliza Fowler Haywood (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)

• The Instruction of a Christen Woman (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c2002), by Juan Luis Vives, ed. by Virginia Walcott Beauchamp, Elizabeth Hageman, and Margaret Lael Mikesell (HTML at U-Illinois Press)

• The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks, by John Millar (text at McMaster)

• Mundus Muliebris: or, The Ladies Dressing-Room Unlock'd, by Mary Evelyn (HTML at Emory)

• On the Veiling of Virgins, by Tertullian, trans. by Sydney Thelwall (HTML with commentary at CCEL)

• The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks, by John Millar (text at McMaster)
• Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (4 volumes; London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1798), by Mary Wollstonecraft, ed. by William Godwin (Gutenberg text)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Can Woman Regenerate Society? (London: John W. Parker, 1844), by Anne Richelieu Lamb Dryden (page images at Google)
• Do They Really Respect Us? and Other Essays (San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1912), by Margaret Collier Graham (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Epistles on Women, by Lucy Aikin (HTML at UC Davis)
• An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex: In Which Are Inserted the Characters of a Pedant, a Squire, a Beau, a Vertuoso, a Poetaster, a City-Critick, &c., In a Letter to a Lady (attributed variously to Astell or Drake; London: Printed for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson, 1696), contrib. by Mary Astell and Judith Drake (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Female Pre-Eminence: or, The Dignity and Excellency of That Sex, Above the Male (in Latin and English, based on editions of 1529 and 1670), by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, trans. by Henry Care (HTML at esotericarchives.com)
• The Joys of Being a Woman, and Other Papers, by Winifred Margaretta Kirkland (HTML at Virginia)
• Man and Woman in Christ: An Examination of the Roles of Men and Women in Light of Scripture and the Social Sciences, by Stephen B. Clark (frame-dependent HTML at cbmw.org)
• Men, Women and Emotions (Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co., 1899), by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Sir Thomas Elyot's The Defence of Good Women (Oxford, OH: Anchor Press, 1940), by Thomas Elyot, ed. by Edwin J. Howard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Woman's Share in Primitive Culture (London; New York: Macmillan, 1895), by Otis Tufton Mason (page images at canadiana.org)

• The Future of Afghanistan (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2009), ed. by J. Alexander Thier (PDF with commentary at usip.org)

• Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.; London: Seeley and Co., 1909), by M. E. Hume-Griffith, contrib. by A. Hume-Griffith (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East (London: Seeley and Co., 1909), by M. E. Hume-Griffith, contrib. by A. Hume-Griffith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• God's Word to Women: One Hundred Bible Studies on Women's Place in the Divine Economy (electronic edition, 2005), by Katharine C. Bushnell (HTML with commentary at godswordtowomen.org)
• The Magna Charta of Woman (1919), by Jessie Penn-Lewis (HTML with commentary at archive.org)
• Man and Woman in Christ: An Examination of the Roles of Men and Women in Light of Scripture and the Social Sciences, by Stephen B. Clark (frame-dependent HTML at cbmw.org)
• Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism, ed. by John Piper and Wayne A. Grudem (PDF at cbmw.org)

• The Biographical Review of Prominent Men and Women of the Day (c1888), by Thomas William Herringshaw (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Daughters of the Cross: or, Woman's Mission, by Daniel C. Eddy
  • page images at MOA
  • Gutenberg text
• Eminent Women of the Age (page images at MOA)
• Excellent Women, by Various Writers (compilation of Religious Tract Society publications, London, late 1800s) (Gutenberg text)
• Female Biography: or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All Ages and Countries, Alphabetically Arranged (first American edition; 3 volumes; Philadelphia: Printed for Byrch and Small, 1807), by Mary Hays (page images at HathiTrust)
• Female Warriors: Memorials of Female Valour and Heroism, From the Mythological Ages to the Present Era (2 volumes; London: Tinsley Bros., 1879), by Ellen C. Clayton
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • both volumes; page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• A Group of Famous Women: Stories of Their Lives (Boston: D.C. Heath and Co., 1914), by Edith Horton (page images at Harvard)
• Heroines of the Crusades (Auburn and Rochester: Alden and Beardsley, 1857), by C. A. Bloss (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
• Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women, by Elbert Hubbard (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Lives of Celebrated Female Sovereigns and Illustrious Women (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, c1870), by Mrs. Jameson, ed. by Mary E. Hewitt (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Lives of Girls Who Became Famous (1914), by Sarah Knowles Bolton (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Memoirs of Royal Ladies (2 volumes; London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861), by Emily Sarah Holt
  • Volume I: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume II: multiple formats at Google
• The Queens of Society (New York: Harper and Bros., 1861), by A. T. Thomson and Philip Wharton, illust. by Charles Altamont Doyle, George Dalziel, and Edward Dalziel (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
• The Romance of Biography: or, Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, From the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age (third edition, 2 volumes; London: Saunders and Otley, 1837), by Mrs. Jameson
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Some Eminent Women of Our Times: Short Biographical Sketches (London and New York: Macmillan, 1889), by Millicent Garrett Fawcett (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Thumb Nail Sketches of White Ribbon Women (Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, 1895), ed. by Clara C. Chapin (multiple formats at archive.org)

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