Judith Drake (fl. 1670s – 1723) was an English intellectual and author who was active in the last decade of the 17th century. She was part of a circle of intellectuals, authors, and philosophers which included Mary Astell, Lady Mary Chudleigh, Elizabeth Thomas, Elizabeth Elstob, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and John Norris. She was married to James Drake F.R.S., physician and Tory pamphleteer. She is remembered in the field of feminist literature for her 1696 essay, An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. (From Wikipedia)
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Drake, Judith, active 1696-1707: An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex, contrib. by James Drake and Mary Astell (multiple editions)- Drake, Judith, active 1696-1707: An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex (based on the first edition), ed. by Louise Hope, contrib. by James Drake and Mary Astell (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- Drake, Judith, active 1696-1707: An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex, in a Letter to a Lady (fourth edition, corrected; London: Printed for S. Butler, 1721), contrib. by James Drake and Mary Astell
- Drake, Judith, active 1696-1707: 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 (London: Printed for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson, 1696), contrib. by James Drake and Mary Astell
- Drake, Judith, active 1696-1707: 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 (second edition; London: Printed for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson, 1696), contrib. by James Drake and Mary Astell (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Drake, Judith, active 1696-1707: 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 (third edition; London: Printed for A. Roper, and R. Clavel, 1697), contrib. by James Drake and Mary Astell (page images at HathiTrust)
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