Judith Sargeant Murray "Yes, ye lordly, ye haughty sex, our souls are by nature equal to yours; the same breath of God animates, enlivens, and invigorates us; and that we are not fallen lower than yourselves"(Murray 1061) Judith Sargeant Murray, a patriot and a feminist, was educated in the classics with her brother and considered women and men intellectually equal. As a novelist, essayist, dramatist, and poet, Murray asserted her opinions about the equality of the sexes. Harris explains "As a commited feminist she urged American women to enter a 'new era in female history,' yet published her own writings under a man's name in hopes of more widely disseminating her ideas"(xv). Murray addressed many controversial topics, including female education, racial prejudice, equality of the sexes, the value of self-esteem, and theories of universal salvation. Murra....

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