“[...] for, I am not Covetous, but as Ambitious as ever any of my Sex was, is, or can be; which is the cause, That though I cannot be Henry the Fifth, or Charles the Second; yet, I will endeavour to be, Margaret the First: and, though I have neither Power, Time nor Occasion, to be a great Conqueror, like Alexander, or Cesar; yet, rather than not be Mistress of a World, since Fortune and the Fates would give me none, I have made One of my own.”
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Margaret Cavendish
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, was an English writer and philosopher who made significant contributions to the early modern period. She was one of the first women to publish her own works and is considered a pioneer of the novel form. more
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