Her bursting indignation against the position of women:
How are we fallen! Fallen by mistaken rules,
And education’s more than Nature’s fools;
Debarred from all improvements of the mind,
And to be dull, expected and designed;
And if someone would soar above the rest,
With warmer fancy, and ambition pressed,
So strong the opposing faction still appears,
The hopes to thrive can ne’er outweigh the fears.
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She was a lady born in 1661, born in and married into a noble family and yet she was outraged by the position of women then.
I am only stunned that this is yet too true in the society even after centuries have passed by.


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