Elizabeth Avery

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Elizabeth Avery (born Elizabeth Parker , daughter of a heterodox clergyman, was a religious polemicist and autobiographer of the mid seventeenth century. She is remarkable for the violently sexist reaction against her first publication, a reaction which came most strongly from her own brother.

Milestones

Probably during the 1590s

Elizabeth Parker (later EA ) was born. She was one of three surviving children, having a sister, Sarah, and a brother, Thomas.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

November 1647

Elizabeth Avery , a religious seeker and questioner, published her highly controversial Scripture-Prophecies Opened, cast in the form of three letters.
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After March 1653

EA 's autobiographical testimony appeared in Ohel or Beth-Shemesh, edited by John Rogers , along with those of other women and men.
Rogers put the date of 25 March 1653 on an address to the reader which opens the second book of Ohel or Beth-Shemesh.
Avery, Elizabeth, and John Rogers. “A Fuller Testimony as it was taken from Elizabeth Avery”. Ohel or Beth-shemesh, R. I. and G. and H. Eversden, pp. 402-6.
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Biography

Birth and Background

Probably during the 1590s

Elizabeth Parker (later EA ) was born. She was one of three surviving children, having a sister, Sarah, and a brother, Thomas.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.