The Female Advocate

by Mary Ann Radcliffe

THE

FEMALE ADVOCATE;

OR

AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER

THE

RIGHTS OF WOMEN

FROM

MALE USURPATION.

 

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By MARY ANNE RADCLIFFE.

 

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The fairest of created works was made
To share, with man, th' empire of creation,
T' enjoy its comforts and its sweets, its pains
And suff'rings.————Anon.

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London:
PRINTED FOR VERNOR AND HOOD,
NO. 31, POULTRY.

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1799.

Frontispiece

Chapters (not listed in original)

• To the reader
• Introduction
• PART FIRST. THE FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF MEN TRADERS ENGROSSING WOMEN'S OCCUPATIONS
• PART SECOND. Continuation of the foregoing. Which demonstrates that the Frailty of Female Virtue more frequently originates from embarrassed Circumstances, than from a depravity of Disposition.
• The Story of Fidelia