William Alexander

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Standard Name: Alexander, William,, 1742 - 1788

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By May 1773: William Russell anonymously published An...

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By May 1773

William Russell anonymously published An Essay on the Character, Manner, and Genius of Women in different Ages, translated from the French of Antoine Leonard Thomas .
The Origins of Modern Feminism, 1567-1876. Quaritch, 1998.
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Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
35 (1773): 376-81

By October 1779: William Alexander argued strongly in his...

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By October 1779

William Alexander argued strongly in his History of Women that an index to the place of any culture in the scale of civil society is its treatment of its women.
Alexander, William, 1742 - 1788, and Jane Rendall. History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity to the Present Time. Thoemmes Press, 1995, 2 vols., http://U of A Ruth N .
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Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
48 (1779): 255-61
O’Brien, Karen. Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Alexander, William, 1742 - 1788, and Jane Rendall. History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity to the Present Time. Thoemmes Press, 1995, 2 vols., http://U of A Ruth N .