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"But Why No Women Write, I Pray?": Sarah Jinner's defence of women's public voice in her almanacs

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dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Susana M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-30T11:47:27Z
dc.date.available2021-07-30T11:47:27Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-28
dc.description.abstractIn seventeenth-century England, women writers had already been able to move outside the scope of the two genres of writing that had initially been approved for them: translation and devotional literature. It is noteworthy, however, to acknowledge women as authors of almanacs, considering that these writings involved a scientific background based upon a specific education on medicine and astrology usually inaccessible to women. Between 1658 and 1664, Sarah Jinner emerged as the first woman author of almanacs. Besides the anticipated prophecies and medical advice, this London astrologer also advocated women’s public voice in her works: “But why no women write, I pray?”. Jinner used these popular and widely read Early Modern English texts to publicize her defence of women. This paper aims at focusing on Jinner’s open challenge of the Aristotelian perspective on women and her defence of women’s public voice.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationOliveira, Susana. ""But Why No Women Write, I Pray?": Sarah Jinner's defence of women's public voice in her Almanacs". Sederi Yearbook. 23. 2013. 79-94pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/10974
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSEDERI Yearbookpt_PT
dc.subjectWomenpt_PT
dc.subjectAlmanacspt_PT
dc.subjectSeventeenth-century Englandpt_PT
dc.subjectAstrologypt_PT
dc.subjectMedical advicept_PT
dc.title"But Why No Women Write, I Pray?": Sarah Jinner's defence of women's public voice in her almanacspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage94pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage79pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSEDERI Yearbookpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume23pt_PT
person.familyNameOliveira
person.givenNameSusana M.
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-0253-4204
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