A Woman of the Future

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Her style and works paved the road for up and coming feminists. She defended the fairer sex in all areas of her accomplishments including her published works. She stood by her beliefs in the midst of constant adversity. Although, she was constantly criticized by her male contemporaries she still defended her sex.

Margaret Cavendish was born way before her time. She affirmed that they both had souls and are both human. Most of her ideas and theories were confusing and novel to the people of her time because she had no one who shared her opinions (Sunshine 1). She believed the men of science were wasting too much time with gadgets and not enough time trying to benefit society. She pondered the idea of the size of an atom (Jokinen 2). Margaret also believed that science and great minds were being wasted on superficial art, for instance optical glasses. Many of her works were written in a fashion that would be considered sarcastic. She stated facts in her writing displaying the equality of the sexes.

Margaret saw men as equal to women, even though men thought the contrary. She set a precedent by writing a play titled The Convent of Pleasure; it was about a lesbian relationship, a subject totally unheard of in England during the seventeenth century.

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