The Female Advocate

by Mary Ann Radcliffe

THE

FEMALE ADVOCATE

OR

AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER

THE

RIGHTS OF WOMEN

FROM

MALE USURPATION

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By MARY ANNE RADCLIFFE

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The fairest of created works was made
To share, with man, th' empire of creation,
T' enjoy its comforts and its sweets, its pains
And suff'rings.—

ANON.

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London:
PRINTED FOR VERNOR AND HOOD,
NO. 31, POULTRY.

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1799

To the reader

Introduction

PART FIRST. THE FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF MEN TRADERS ENGROSSING WOMEN'S OCCUPATIONS

PART SECOND. Continuation of the foregoing. Which demonstrates that the Frailty of Female Virtue more frequently originates from embarrassed Circumstances, than from a depravity of Disposition.

⁠The Story of Fidelia