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Adams, Hannah — The history of the Jews from the destruction of Jerusalem to the nineteenth century, 1812

Adams, Hannah — A Summary History of New-England, 1799

Aikin, Lucy — Epistles on Women, 1810

Anger, Jane — Jane Anger Her Protection for Women, 1589

Ariadne — She Ventures, and He Wins, 1696

Askew, Anne — The First Examination of Anne Askew, 1546

Askew, Anne — The Two Examinations of Anne Askew (Foxe), 1563

Askew, Anne — The Latter Examination of Anne Askew, 1547

Astell, Mary — Reflections Upon Marriage, 1706

Astell, Mary — A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, 1694

Augustine, Sister Magdalen — The History of the Angelical Virgin Glorious S. Clare (Introductory Material), 1635

Bacon, Ann (Cooke) — An Apology or Answer in Defence of the Church of England, 1564

Bacon, Ann (Cooke) — Sermons of Barnardine Ochine of Sena, Translator's Preface, 1548

Bannerman, Anne — Poems, 1800

Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (Aikin) — Sins of Government, Sins of the Nation, 1793

Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (Aikin) — A Legacy for Young Ladies, 1826

Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (Aikin) — Reasons for National Penitence, 1794

Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (Aikin) — The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld, 1826

Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (Aikin) — The Works of Anna Letitia Barbauld, Vol. II, 1826

Barber, Mary — Poems on Several Occasions, 1734

Barker, Jane — The Lining of the Patch Work Screen, 1726

Barker, Jane — A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies, 1723

Barker, Jane — Poetical Recreations, 1688

Bath, Elizabeth — Poems on Various Occasions, 1806

Behn, Aphra — The Amorous Prince, or, the Curious Husband, 1671

Behn, Aphra — A Discovery of New Worlds, Translator's Preface, 1688

Behn, Aphra — A Pindaric poem, 1685

Behn, Aphra — Miscellany, Being a Collection of Poems by Several Hands. Together with Reflections on Morality, or Seneca Unmasked, 1685

Behn, Aphra — A Pindaric Poem to the Reverend Doctor Burnet, 1689

Behn, Aphra — Poems Upon Several Occasions, with a Voyage to the Island of Love, 1684

Benger, Elizabeth Ogilvy — The Female Geniad, 1791

Biddle, Hester — The Trumpet of the Lord Sounded Forth Unto These Three Nations, 1662

Biddle, Hester — A Warning from the Lord God, 1660

Boothby, Frances — Marcelia: or the Treacherous Friend, 1670

Boyd, Elizabeth — Variety: A Poem, 1727

Bradstreet, Anne (Dudley) — Several Poems, 1678

Bradstreet, Anne (Dudley) — The Tenth Muse, 1650

Brooke, Frances (Moore) — The History of Emily Montague, 1769

Bryan, Mary — Sonnets and Metrical Tales, 1815

Bullard, Anne Tuttle Jones — The Reformation, 1832

Campbell, Dorothea Primrose — Poems, 1816

Candler, Ann (More) — Poetical Attempts, 1803

Carleton, Mary — The Case of Madam Mary Carleton, 1663

Carter, Elizabeth — Poems on Several Occasions, 1816

Cartwright, Joanna — The Petition of the Jews, 1649

Cary, Elizabeth (Tanfield), Viscountess Falkland — The History of the Most Unfortunate Prince King Edward II, 1680

Cary, Elizabeth (Tanfield), Viscountess Falkland — The History of the Life, Reign, and Death of Edward II, 1680

Cary, Elizabeth (Tanfield), Viscountess Falkland — The Tragedie of Mariam, 1613

Cary, Mary — The Little Horns Doom and Downfall, and A New and More Exact Map, 1651

Cassan, Mrs. — Poems, 1806

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — Plays (prefatory and concluding matter), 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — Loves Adventures, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Several Wits, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — Youths Glory, and Deaths Banquet, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Lady Contemplation, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — Wits Cabal, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Unnatural Tragedy, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Public Wooing, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Matrimonial Trouble, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — Nature's Three Daughters, Beauty, Love and Wit, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Religious, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Comical Hash, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — Bell in Campo, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — A Comedy of the Apocryphal Ladies, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Female Academy, 1662

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — Plays Never Before Printed (preliminary matter), 1668

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Sociable Companions, or the Female Wits, 1668

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Presence, 1668

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Bridals, 1668

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Convent of Pleasure, 1668

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — A Piece of a Play, 1668

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Description of a New World, called the Blazing-World, 1667

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — Poems and Fancies, 1653

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — Natures Pictures, 1656

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — Observations upon Experimental Philosophy, 1666

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The World's Olio, 1655

Cavendish, Margaret (Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle — The Life of William Cavendish, 1667

Cellier, Elizabeth (Dormer) — Malice Defeated, 1680

Cellier, Elizabeth (Dormer) — To Dr.---- An Answer to his Queries, Concerning the College of Midwives, 1688

Centlivre, Susanna (Freeman) — The Man's Bewitched, 1709

Centlivre, Susanna (Freeman) — The Platonic Lady, 1707

Centlivre, Susanna (Freeman) — The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret, 1714

Chandler, Elizabeth Margaret — Essays, Philanthropic and Moral, 1845

Chandler, Elizabeth Margaret — The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, 1845

Chidley, Katharine — Good Counsel, to the Petitioners for Presbyterian Government, 1645

Chidley, Katharine — The Justification of the Independent Churches of Christ, 1641

Chidley, Katharine — A New-Yeares Gift, 1645

Child, Lydia Maria — An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans, 1833

Chudleigh, Lady Mary (Lee) — Poems on Several Occasions. Together with the Song of the Three Children Paraphrased, 1703

Chudleigh, Mary (Lee) — The Ladies Defence, 1701

Chudleigh, Mary (Lee) — Essays Upon Several Subjects in Prose and Verse, 1710

Clinton, Elizabeth — The Countess of Lincoln's Nursery, 1622

Clive, Catherine — The Case of Mrs. Clive, 1744

Collier, Mary — The Woman's Labour, 1739

Collins, An — Divine Songs and Meditations, 1653

Cooper, Mrs. — An Address to the People of Wapping and its Environs, 1770

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — Albina, a Tragedy, 1813

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — The Belle's Stratagem, 1813

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — A Bold Stroke for a Husband, 1813

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — The Works of Mrs. Cowley, 1813

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — Who's the Dupe?, 1813

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — Green Coat and Brown Coat, 1813

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — A School for Greybeards; or, The Mourning Bride, 1786

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — More Ways Than One, 1813

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — The Scottish Village, 1786

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — Poems, 1813

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — The Runaway, 1813

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — The Fate of Sparta, 1813

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — Which is the Man?, 1813

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — The Town Before You, 1813

Cowley, Hannah (Parkhouse) — A Day in Turkey, 1813

Cristall, Ann Batten — Poetical Sketches, 1795

Cushing, Caroline Elizabeth (Wilde) — Letters, Descriptive of Public Monuments, Scenery, and Manners in France and Spain (vol. 1, France), 1832

Cushing, Eliza Lanesford — Saratoga, 1824

Cushing, Eliza Lanesford — Saratoga; a tale of the revolution, 1824

D'Anvers, Alicia (Clarke) — Academia: or, the Humours of the University of Oxford, 1691

D'Anvers, Alicia (Clarke) — The Oxford-Act: A Poem, 1693

Davies, Lady Eleanor — The Arraignment, 1650

Davies, Lady Eleanor — Hell's Destruction, 1651

Davies, Lady Eleanor — Tobits Book: A Lesson, 1652

Davies, Lady Eleanor — A Warning to the Dragon, 1625

Davies, Lady Eleanor — The Word of God, 1644

Davys, Mary — The Reformed Coquet; or Memoirs of Amoranda, 1752

De Fleury, Maria — Divine Poems and Essays, 1791

De Fleury, Maria — British Liberty Established, 1790

Deacon, Pudentiana, — Delicious Entertainments of the Soul (introductory materials), 1632

Denham, John — Conclusion to Katherine Philips' Horace, 1669

Deverell, Mary — Mary, Queen of Scots; An Historical Tragedy, 1792

Dixon, Sarah — Poems on Several Occasions, 1740

Downing, Harriet — Mary, or Female Friendship, 1816

Dowriche, Anne (Edgecombe) — The French History, 1589

Du Verger, Susanne — Admirable Events (Epistle Dedicatory), 1639

Edgeworth, Maria — Letters for Literary Ladies, 1795

Egerton, Sarah (Fyge) — The Female Advocate, 1686

Egerton, Sarah (Fyge) — Poems on Several Occasions, Together with a Pastoral, 1703

Elizabeth I — The Accession Speech and Prayer, 1558-01-23

Elizabeth I — A most Excellent and Remarkable Speech, 1575 (published 1643), 1643-01-28

Elizabeth I — A Godly Meditation of the Christian Soul, 1548

Elizabeth I — The Golden Speech, 1693

Elizabeth I — Her Majesty's Most Princely Answer (The Golden Speech), 1601-11-30

Elizabeth I — The Last Speech and Thanks of Queen Elizabeth, 1679

Elizabeth I — The Marriage Speech (extemporaneous version), 1688

Elizabeth I — The Marriage Speech (parliamentary version), 1693

Elizabeth I — Queen Elizabeth's Speech to Her Last Parliament, 1601 (published 1642), 1642

Elizabeth I — The Tilbury speech (Aske's version), 1588

Elizabeth I — The Tilbury speech (version in Cabala), 1654

Elizabeth I — The True Copy of a Letter, 1586

Elizabeth I — A Speech Made by Queen Elizabeth, 1593 (published 1688), 1688

Erskine, Esme Stuart — Alcon Malanzore, a Moorish Tale, 1815

Erskine, Esme Stuart — Isabel, a Tale in Two Cantos, and Other Poems, 1814

Evans, Katharine — This is a Short Relation, 1662

Fell, Margaret (Askew) — A Declaration and an Information from us the People of God Called Quakers, 1660

Fell, Margaret (Askew) — An Evident Demonstration to Gods Elect, 1660

Fell, Margaret (Askew) — A Loving Salutation to the Seed of Abraham, 1656

Fell, Margaret (Askew) — This Was Given to Major General Harrison and the Rest, 1660

Fell, Margaret (Askew) — Women's Speaking Justified, 1667

Finch, Anne (Kingsmill), Countess of Winchilsea — Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions and Aristomenes, 1713

Finch, Anne (Kingsmill), Countess of Winchilsea — Aristomenes: or, the Royal Shepherd, 1713

Finch, B. — Sonnets and Other Poems, 1805

Francis, Anne (Gittins) — Miscellaneous Poems, 1790

Francis, Anne (Gittins) — The Obsequies of Demetrius Poliorcetes, 1785

Francis, Anne (Gittins) — A Poetical Translation of the Song of Solomon, 1781

Gannett, Deborah (Sampson) — Address Delivered With Applause at the Federal-Street Theatre, 1802

Garnett, Catherine Grace — The Night Before the Bridal, Sappho, and Other Poems, 1824

Gray, Alexia — The Rule of the Most Blissed Father Saint Benedict (dedication), 1632

Grey, Elizabeth, Countess of Kent — A Choice Manual, or Rare and Select Secrets, 1653

Grey, Elizabeth, Countess of Kent — A True Gentlewoman's Delight, 1653

Grymeston, Elizabeth (Bernye) — Miscellanea, Meditations, Memoratives, 1604

Hands, Elizabeth — The Death of Amnon, 1789

Haywood, Eliza (Fowler) — Bath-Intrigues, 1725

Haywood, Eliza (Fowler) — Adventures of Eovaai, Princess of Ijaveo, 1736

Haywood, Eliza (Fowler) — The Fair Hebrew, 1729

Haywood, Eliza (Fowler) — The Female Spectator (vol. 1), 1745

Haywood, Eliza (Fowler) — The Female Spectator (vol. 2), 1745

Haywood, Eliza (Fowler) — The Female Spectator (vol. 3), 1745

Haywood, Eliza (Fowler) — The Female Spectator (vol. 4), 1745

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (Browne) — Hymns on the Works of Nature, for the Use of Children, 1827

Holford, Margaret — Margaret of Anjou, 1816

Holford, Margaret — Poems, 1811

Holford, Margaret (Wrench) — Gresford Vale; and Other Poems, 1798

Holley, Mrs. Mary Austin — Texas, 1833

Instone, Sarah — Poems on Several Occasions, 1797

Jocelin, Elizabeth — The Mother's Legacy to her Unborn Child, 1624

Johnson, Mary F. — Original Sonnets, and other Poems, 1810

Jones, Anna Maria — The Poems of Anna Maria, 1793

Jones, Mary — Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 1750

Jones, Sarah — To Sion's Lovers, 1644

Kilham, Hannah — The Claims of West Africa to Christian Instruction, Through the Native Languages, 1830

Killigrew, Anne — Poems by Mrs. Anne Killigrew, 1686

Lanyer, Aemilia (Bassano) — Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum, 1611

Lee, Jarena — The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena Lee, 1836

Leigh,Dorothy (Kemp) — The Mother's Blessing, 1616

Lennox, Charlotte (Ramsay) — The Lady's Museum, 1760-61, 1760/1761

Leonard, Eliza Lucy — The Miller and His Golden Dream, 1822

Lickbarrow, Isabella — Poetical Effusions, 1814

Lickbarrow, Isabella — A Lament Upon the Death of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, and Alfred, a Vision, 1818

Liddiard, J. S. Anna — The Sgelaighe or, A Tale of Old, 1811

Liddiard, J. S. Anna — Mont St. Jean, a Poem, and Theodore and Laura, a Tale, 1816

Lilburne, Elizabeth — To the Chosen and Betrusted Knights, 1646

Locke, Anne (Vaughan) — Of the Marks of the Children of God (Dedicatory Epistle), 1590

Locke, Anne (Vaughan) — A Meditation of a Penitent Sinner, 1560

Love, Mary (Stone) — Love's Name Lives, 1651

Love, Mary (Stone) — Love's Name Lives, 1663

Makin, Bathsua (Reynolds) — An Essay to Revive the Ancient Education of Gentlewomen, 1673

Man, Judith — An Epitome of the History of Fair Argenis and Polyarchus, 1640

Manley, Delarivier — Letters Written by Mrs. Manley, 1696

Maxwell, Caroline — Feudal Tales, 1810

Melvill, Elizabeth — A Godly Dream, 1606

Moise, Penina — Fancy's Sketch Book, 1833

Montague, Mary Seymour — An Original Essay on Woman, 1771

Morton, Sarah Wentworth — Ouabi, 1790

Mrs. Faugeres — The Ghost of John Young the Homicide (1797), 1797

Munda, Constantia — The Worming of a Mad Dog, 1617

Murray, Judith (Sargent) — Desultory Thoughts, 1784

Murray, Judith (Sargent) — On the Equality of the Sexes, 1790

Murray, Judith (Sargent) — The Gleaner, 1798

Nooth, Charlotte — Original Poems and a Play, 1815

O'Neill, Frances (Carroll) — Poetical Essays; Being a Collection of Satirical Poems, Songs and Acrostics, 1802

Owen, Jane — An Antidote Against Purgatory, 1634

Owenson, Sydney — The Lay of an Irish Harp, 1807

Owenson, Sydney — Poems, 1801

Parr, Katharine — The Lamentation of a Sinner, 1548

Parr, Katharine — Prayers Stirring the Mind unto Heavenly Meditations, 1545

Parr, Susanna — Susanna's Apology Against the Elders, 1659

Philips, Joan — Female Poems on Several Occasions, 1679

Philips, Katherine (Fowler) — Poems, 1664

Philips, Katherine (Fowler) — Poems by the Most Deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the Matchless Orinda, to which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey and Horace, Tragedies, 1667

Philips, Katherine (Fowler) — Pompey, 1663

Philips, Katherine (Fowler) — Letters From Orinda to Poliarchus, 1705

Pindar, Polly — The Mousiad. An Heroi-Comic Poem, 1787

Pix, Mary (Griffith) — The Beau Defeated, 1700

Pix, Mary (Griffith) — The Deceiver Deceived, 1698

Pix, Mary (Griffith) — The Innocent Mistress, 1697

Plato, Ann — Essays, 1841

Poole, Elizabeth — A Vision, 1648

Primrose, Diana — A Chain of Pearl, 1630

Prince, Nancy — A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince, 1850

Quigley, Catherine — Poems, 1813

R., M. — The Mother's Counsel or, Live Within Compass, 1630

Robinson, Mary (Darby) — The Poetical Works of the Late Mrs. Mary Robinson, 1824

Robinson, Mary (Darby) — Impartial Reflections on the Present Situation of the Queen of France, 1791

Robinson, Mary (Darby) — Sappho and Phaon (prefatory material), 1796

Robinson, Mary (Darby) — Thoughts on the Condition of Women, 1799

Roper, Margaret (More) — A Devout Treatise Upon the Pater Noster, 1526

Roper, Margaret (More) — A Devout Treatise Upon the Pater Noster, 1531

Roscoe, Jane Elizabeth — Poems, 1821

Rowe, Elizabeth (Singer) — Friendship in Death, 1728

Rowe, Elizabeth (Singer) — Poems on Several Occasions, 1696

Royall, Anne Newport — Letters from Alabama, 1830

Russell, Elizabeth — A Way of Reconciliation (introductory material), 1605

Ryves, Eliza — The Hastiniad, 1785

Sanders, Elizabeth Elkins — Conversations Principally on the Aborigines of North America, 1829

Scott, Mary — The Female Advocate, 1774

Sharp, Jane — The Midwives Book, 1671

Sidney, Mary — Antonius, 1592

Sidney, Mary, Countess of Pembroke — The Tragedie of Antony, 1595

Sidney, Mary, Countess of Pembroke — The Doleful Lay of the Fair Clorinda, 1595

Sidney, Mary, Countess of Pembroke — A Discourse of Life and Death, 1592

Sidney, Mary, Countess of Pembroke — Dialogue Between Two Shepherds In Praise of Astrea, 1602

Sigourney, Lydia Howard — Traits of the Aborigines of America, 1822

Smith, Charlotte (Turner) — Beachy Head: With Other Poems, 1807

Smith, Charlotte (Turner) — Conversations Introducing Poetry, 1819

Smith, Charlotte (Turner) — The Emigrants, 1793

Smith, Charlotte (Turner) — The Old Manor House (vol. 3), 1793

Smith, Charlotte (Turner) — What Is She?, 1799

Sotheby, Miss — Patient Griselda, 1798

Sowernam, Ester — Esther Hath Hang'd Haman, 1617

Speght, Rachel — Mortalities Memorandum, 1621

Speght, Rachel — A Muzzle for Melastomus, 1617

Stagg, Anne — A True Copy of the Petition, 1641

Sutcliffe, Alice (Woodhouse) — Meditations of Man's Mortality, 1634

Tattle-well, Mary — The Womens Sharp Revenge, 1640

Taylor, Ellen — Poems by Ellen Taylor, the Irish Cottager, 1792

Taylor, Jane — Essays in Rhyme, 1816

Tollet, Elizabeth — Poems on Several Occasions, with Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII, 1756

Trapnel, Anna — The Cry of a Stone, 1654

Trapnel, Anna — Strange and Wonderful News, 1654

Trotter, Catharine — Olinda's Adventures, 1693

Trotter, Catherine — Letters of love and gallantry. And several other subjects. All written by ladies. Vol II., 1694

Tyler, Margaret — The Mirror of Princely Deeds and Knighthood (introductory material), 1578

Various authors — The Monument of Matrons (excerpts), 1582

Waite, Mary — Epistle from the Womens Yearly Meeting at York, and an Epistle from Mary Waite, 1688

Warren, Mercy (Otis) — The Group, 1775

Weamys, Anna — A Continuation of Sir Philip Sydney's Arcadia, 1651

West, Jane (Iliffe) — Miscellaneous Poems, and a Tragedy, 1791

Wheathill, Anne — A Handful of Wholesome (Though Homely) Herbs, 1584

Wheatley, Phillis — Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, 1773

Whitney, Isabella — The Copy of a Letter, 1567

Whitney, Isabella — A Sweet Nosegay, or Pleasant Posy, 1573

Whitrow, Joan — The Humble Address of the Widow Whitrowe to King William, 1689

Whitrow, Joan — The Humble Salutation and Faithful Greeting of the Widow Whitrowe to King William, 1690

Whitrow, Joan — The Widow Whitrow's Humble Thanksgiving, 1694

Whitrow, Joan — To King William and Queen Mary, 1692

Whitrow, Joan — The Work of God in a Dying Maid, 1677

Williams, Catherine — Fall River, 1833

Williams, Helen Maria — A Farewell, for Two Years, to England, 1791

Wollstonecraft, Mary — On Poetry, and our Relish for the Beauties of Nature, 1798

Woolley, Hannah — The Cook's Guide: or, Rare Receipts for Cookery, 1664

Wroth, Lady Mary (Sidney) — The Countess of Montgomery's Urania, 1621

Yearsley, Ann (Cromartie) — Earl Goodwin, an Historical Play, 1791

Yearsley, Ann (Cromartie) — Poems on Various Subjects, 1787

[unknown] — The Bridling, Saddling, and Riding of a Rich Churl in Hampshire, 1595

[unknown] — Eliza's Babes, 1652

[unknown] — The Female Wits, 1704

[unknown] — The Fortunate Transport, 1750

[unknown] — Swetnam, the Woman-Hater, Arraigned by Women, 1620

[unknown] — England's Tears: A Poem, 1774

[unknown] — The Wonderful Discoverie of the Witchcrafts of Margaret and Phillip Flower, 1619