In 1984, 20 volumes of 5,000 letters by an 18th-century feminist were discovered in Natchez, Miss. They were written by Judith Sargent Murray, who copied all her correspondence starting at the age of 23. Historians are still trying to digest them all. Judith Sargent Murray was born into a well-to-do family on May 1, 1751 ...
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