Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Elizabeth Rayner
Standard Name: Rayner, Elizabeth
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26 February 1731: Elizabeth Rayner, having had her pamphlet...
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26 February 1731
Elizabeth Rayner
, having had her pamphlet shop at Charing Cross raided for libels, challenged the raiders in a newspaper advertisement to prove their legal authority, or she would take legal redress.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.