Judith Drake

Published: 1696

Copytext: 1721

Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Essay_in_Defence_of_the_Female_Sex

Drake's Essay in Defense of the Female Sex was first published in 1696. Our copytext is the fourth edition, the last published in her lifetime. The text here derives from the transcription of the third edition on wikisource.org, which has been modified to match the fourth edition, which we presume to be more authoriative.