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Wright, Frances (1795-1852) Course of Popular Lectures, [with] Supplement.
New York: Published at the Office of the Free Enquirer, 1831.
Fourth edition, octavo, with four additional lectures delivered in 1829 and 1830; bound in publisher's boards with cloth spine with printed paper spine label, some staining and chipping, structurally sound, 7 x 4 1/2 in.
Wright was a freethinking writer and reformer originally born in Scotland who became an American citizen in 1825. She endorsed universal education for women and was a strident feminist and abolitionist who opposed everything from marriage and capitalism to organized religion. She also stridently supported divorce rights for women, universal eduction for all children, emancipation of enslaved people, legalization of interracial marriage, birth control, and women's sexual freedom.
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