As a conclusion for Sunshine for Women's Women's History Month 1999 presentation, I have provided a listing of all works referenced in this series. The feminist works are listed first and the misogynist works are listed separately. Where available, I have included links to Sunny's booknotes files or in one or two cases, on-line e-texts of the complete works.

      I would also like to recommend that you read the series introduction to The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe, series editors Margaret L. King and Albert Rabil, Jr. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997). The series editors have done a wonderful thing in bringing so many of our feminist foremothers back into print. Their introduction does a masterful job of setting the stage for early (15th - 17th century Renaissance Italy) feminism. They talk about a lot of works by both women and men that were written during this time that were feminist/pro-feminist works.

      I would also like to mention 2 other series of early women's works. They both include both feminist and non-feminist works.:

1. Women Writers in English 1350-1850, [Oxford: Oxord University Press, 1993 until the present]

2. Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimilie Library of Essential Works [Scolar Press, 1996 until present]

Both series are projected to encompass 30 volumes when completed.

      If you enjoyed this tribute to our feminist foremothers, you may also find the following pages on Sunshine for Women to be of interest.

1. "Sophia: British Feminism in the Mid Eighteenth Century" an unpublished paper by Barbara Brandon Schorrenberg about Sophia, author of Woman Not Inferior to Man (1739) and Woman's Superior Excellence over Man (1739), and her works

2. Sunny's booknotes file on Henricus Cornelius Agrippa, Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex, 1529 [Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996 ]

3. François Poullain de la Barre, De l'égalité des deux sexes (The Equality of the Two Sexes) , 1673

4. Sunny's booknotes file on Dale Spender, Women of Ideas and What Men Have Done to Them, Pandora, 1982

      As a note to those who are trying to locate e-texts for women writers, the best one - stop location is at Mark Mark Ockerbloom's A Celebration of Women Writers. For a more complete list of on-line libraries specializing in women's works, see Matilda Joslyn Gage Page's Feminist Foremothers.

      Finally, I hope you enjoyed my tribute to our feminist foremothers. Thanks to all of our feminist scholars who have uncovered these long lost women and their works and made those works accessible to us. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude and one of the best ways we can repay that debt is to ensure that these books appear on library shelves across the country.

Sunny

Feminist References:

1.       Astell, Mary, Some Reflections Upon Marriage, 1700, [NY: Source Book Press, 1970]

2.       d'Aragona, Tullia, Dialogue on the Infinity of Love, (1547) edited and translated by Rinaldina Russell and Bruce Merry, Introduction and Notes by Rinaldina Russell, part of the series The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe, series editors Margaret L. King and Albert Rabil, Jr. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997)

3.       Ballard, George, Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain Who Have Been Celebrated for Their Writing or Skill in the Learned Languaged, Arts, and Sceince, 1752, reprinted [Detroit: Wayne State Press, 1985]

4.       Barre, François Poullain de la, De l'égalité des deux sexes (The Equality of the Two Sexes) , 1673

5.       Blain, Virginia, Isobel Grundy, and Patricia Clements, The Feminist Companion to Literature in English, Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present, [New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990]

6.       Buck, Claire, Guide to Women's Literature Throughout the World from Sappho to Atwood, Women's Writing Through the Ages, [Bungay, Suffolk: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1992]

7.       Cereta, Laura, Laura Cereta, Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist, transcribed, translated, and edited by Diana Robin, part of the series The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe, series editors Margaret L. King and Albert Rabil, Jr. University of Chicago Press, 1997

8.       Ezell, Margaret J. M. (ed.), The Poems and Prose of Mary, Lady Chudlleigh, [Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993]

9.       Ferguson, Moria (ed.), 1985, First Feminists: British Women Writers 1578-1799, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana (excerpts of Protection)

10.       Fonte, Moderata (Modesta Pozzo), The Worth of Women, 1592, part of the series The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe, series editors Margaret L. King and Albert Rabil, Jr. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997)

11.       Harris, Sharon H. (ed.), Selected Writings of Judith Sargent Murray, [Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995]

12.       Lanyer, Aemilia and Susanne Woods (ed.), file The Poems of Aemilia Lanyer: Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum, 1611, Women Writers in English 1350-1850, [Oxford: Oxord University Press, 1993]

13.       Lewalski, Barbara Kiefer, The Polemics and Poems of Rachel Speght, 1611, Women Writers in English 1350-1850, [Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1996]

14.       Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, Women and the Alphabet (1859)

15.       King, Margaret L. and Albert Rabil, Jr., Her Immaculate Hand, [Binghampton, NY:, Medieval & Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1991]

16.       Levy, Daline Gay Levy, Harriet Branson Applewhite, and Mary Durham Johnson, Women in Revolutionary Paris 1789-1795: Selected Documents [Urbana: University of Illinois, 1979]

17.       Makin, Bathsua, An Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen (1673)

18.       Henderson, Katherine Usher and Barbara F. McManus, 1985, Half-Humankind: Contexts and Texts of the Controversy About Women in England 1540 - 1640, University of Illinois Press, Urbana (complete text of Protection)

19.       Macaulay, Catherine, Letters on Education, 1790, [Oxford and New York: Woodstock Books, 1994]

20.       O'Malley, Susan Gushee (ed.), 1996, The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimilie Library of Essential Works, Part 1: Printed Writings, 1500-1640, Volume 4, Defences of Women: Jane Anger, Rachel Speght, Ester Sowernam, and Constantia Munda, Scolar Press, 1996

21.       Pizan, Christine de, Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan, translated by Earl Jeffrey Richards, foreword by Marian Warner, Persea Press, 1994

22.       Pulci, Antonia, Florentine Drama for Convent and Festival, annotated and translated by James Wyatt Cook, part of the series The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe, series editors Margaret L. King and Albert Rabil, Jr. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997) pp. 1-20, pp 79-81

23.       Rossi, Alice, The Feminist Papers: From Adams to de Beauvoir, [Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1988]

24.       Smith, Hilda L,. Reason's Disciples, Seventeenth-Century English Feminism, [Urbana: University of Illinois, 1982]

25.       Willard, Charity Cannon , Christine de Pizan: Her Life and Works, A Biography by Charity Cannon Willard, [New York, Persea Press, 1984]

26.       Trueblood, Alan S. (trans. and ed.), A Sor Juana Anthology, Foreword by Octavio Paz, [Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1988]

27.       Wilson, Katarina, Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers, Garland Press, 1991 (Vol 1: Entry for Olympe de Gouges, Vol 2: Entries for Isotta Nogarola and Ancangela Tarrabotti)

28.       Wilson, Katharina M., Medieval Women Writers, [Athens, Ga., U. of Georgia Press, 1984

29.       Wilson , Katharina M. and Frank J. Warnke (eds.), Women Writers of the Seventeenth Century [Athens: U. of Georgia Press, 1989]

Misogynist:

1. Boccaccio, De mulieribus claris, On Famous Women, (13??), see Christine de Pizan and Decameron see Maria de Zayas y Sotomayor (Decameron is not misogynist, just refered to.)

2. Duck, Stephen, The Thresher's Labour (1736) see Mary Collier

3. Foscarini, Ludovico, debate opponent of Laura Cereta (1451)

4. Gould, Robert, A Late Satyr Against the Pride, Lust, and Inconstancy, etc. of Woman, 1684, see Sarah Fyge Field Egerton

5. Matheolus, untitled, see Christine de Pizan

6. Orwin, Thomas, Boke His Surfeit in Love, with a farwel to the folies of his own phantasie (1588) see Jane Anger

7. Passi, Giuseppe, The Defects of Women (c. 1600) see Moderata Fonte (Modesta Pozzo)

8. Sprint, John, untitled sermon (1699) see Mary Lee, Lady Chudleigh

9. Swetnam, John, The Arraignment of Women (1615) see Rachel Speght and Ester Sowernam

Notes:

1. Each biography may contain additional reference works. I just listed the one's here that I used in creating these pages.

2. An extensive list of works by de Pizan is listed in her bio.

3. The known works by Ancangela Tarabotti (aka Galerana Baratotti) are listed in her bio.

4. George Ballard gives a complete list of Margaret Lucas Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle's works.

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