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This piece of work was dedicated to Mrs. 4 In 1767, at the age of twenty-two, More became engaged to the wealthy middle-aged squire, Edward Turner of Belmont, of Wraxall, Somerset. His reluctance to marry her, three times delaying the marriage ceremony, resulted in More’s calling off the engagement. She regarded this as a humiliating episode and resolved never to marry. Her friend, Dr. Stonhouse, secured an annuity of £200 from Mr. Turner as a sort of compensation, and Turner bequeathed a sum of £l000 to More on his death.

That neither father, husband, brother, or son . . ”39 To discover what prompted this religious radicalism, a brief look at Stanton’s formative years will yield valuable insights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902) Stanton was born on November 12, 1815, to Daniel Cady and Margaret Livingston. Stanton wrote an autobiography that records her formative years and reveals the thoughts and experiences she was subject to. These early reminiscences reveal a powerful patriarchal influence at the heart of the family home.

The doctrine of these rational dissenters was based on the principles of John Locke. Locke was a Deist, expelled from Oxford in 1684, who determined to get rid of all the “unreasonable” elements in Christianity. ”30 The theological teachings embraced by Wollstonecraft during this period The Female Subject 29 disputed much traditional doctrine: the Trinity, the concept of eternal punishment, and the notion of original sin. As well as becoming a spiritually liberating period, it was also a time when Wollstonecraft began mixing with “liberated” literary women.

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