The business of a woman: The journalism and political writings of Delarivier Manley
Author
Herman, R.
Attention
2299/4175
Abstract
In 1714 Delarivier Manley declared that "Politicks is not the Business of a Woman." It is hard to take this statement at face value. If there was any woman who had made politics her business during the previous decade, it was surely Manley herself, England's first professional woman political journalist... [opening paragraph]