A Learned Woman is thought to be a Comet, that bodes Mischief, when ever it appears. To offer to the World the liberal Education of Women is to deface the Image of God in Man, it will make Women so high, and men so low, like Fire in the House-tops it will set the whole world in a Flame. These things and worse than these, are commonly talked of, and verily believed by many, who think themselves wise Men: to contradict these is a bold attempt.
English linguist and feminist writer
Bathsua Reginald Makin (c. 1600 – c. 1675) was a teacher and writer who contributed to the emerging criticism of woman's position in the domestic and public spheres in 17th-century England.
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