Born: 12 November 1666, United Kingdom
Died: 11 May 1731
Country most active: United Kingdom
Also known as: NA
From Woman: Her Position, Influence and Achievement Throughout the Civilized World. Designed and Arranged by William C. King. Published in 1900 by The King-Richardson Co. Copyright 1903 The King-Richardson Co.:
English authoress and linguist
This voluminous writer was the daughter of a merchant of Newcastle- upon-Tyne, where she was born in 1668. She was well educated, and among other accomplishments was mistress of French, and had a good knowledge of the Latin tongue. Her uncle, a clergyman, observing her uncommon predilection, took her under his tuition, and taught her mathematics, logic, and philosophy. She left her native place when she was about the age of twenty, and spent the remaining part of her life at London and Chelsea. Here she pursued her studies with assiduity, acquired great proficiency in the exact sciences, and extended her knowledge of the classic authors. Among these latter, Seneca, Epictetus, Hierodes, Antoninus, Tully, Plato, and Xenophon were her favorites.
She wrote An Essay in Defense of the Female Sex, A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, and many other books and essays with the purpose of raising the standard of female education and female character. She was, however, a woman conservative and decidedly opposed to the newfangled spirit of the times. She died at Chelsea, May it, 1731 and was there buried.