A Guide To Early Feminism

 

We hopefully all learned about Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in school, but what of those who came before? Christine de Pizan, Anna Doyle Wheeler? Feminist ideas were published well before the eighteen hundreds and are still relevant today. So here, for your reading pleasure, I have listed a handful of the most famous early feminists, their works, and a little bit about them.

Hypatia

Christine de Pizan

Laura Cereta

Anna Doyle Wheeler

Mary Wollstonecraft