Letter to the women of England
Subtitle: and, The natural daughter
By: Mary Robinson ; edited by Sharon M. Setzer
Contributors: Setzer, Sharon M. (Sharon McClanahan), 1954-
Series: Broadview literary texts; Romantic era redefined
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Peterborough, Ont
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Sex discrimination against women; History; Women; Social conditions; Women's rights
Other titles: Natural daughter
Description: "Mary Robinson's A Letter to the Women of England (1799) is a radical response to the rampant anti-feminist sentiment of the late 1790s. In this work, Robinson urges her female contemporaries to throw off the "glittering shackles" of custom and to claim their rightful places as the social and intellectual equals of men." "Separately published in the same year, Robinson's novel The Natural Daughter follows the story of Martha Morley, who defies her husband's authority, adopts a found infant, is barred from her husband's estate and is driven to seek work as an actress and author. The novel implicitly links and critiques domestic tyrants in England and Jacobin tyrants in France." "This edition also includes: other writings by Mary Robinson (tributes, and an excerpt from The Progress of Liberty); writings by contemporaries on women, society, and revolution; and contemporary reviews of both works."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Originally published: London : Longmans, 1799.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Mary Robinson: A Brief Chronology; title: A Letter to the Women of England; title: The Natural Daughter; title: App. A. Robinson's Tributes to the Duchess of Devonshire; title: App. B. Excerpts from The Morning Post; title: App. C. Richard Polwhele, from The Unsex'd Females (1798); title: App. D. Priscilla Wakefield, from Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex (1798); title: App. E. Mary Robinson, from The Progress of Liberty (1801); title: App. F. Helen Maria Williams, from Letters from France (1795-96); title: App. G. Contemporary Reviews of A Letter to the Women of England; title: App. H. Contemporary Reviews of The Natural Daughter.