1751
Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright (died 1820)
Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright (died 1820)
Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright (died 1820)
Judith Sargent Murray
American poet (1751–1820)
- Born
- 1751
Judith Sargent Stevens Murray was an early American advocate for women's rights, an essay writer, playwright, poet, and letter writer. She was one of the first American proponents of the idea of the equality of the sexes so that women, like men, had the capability of intellectual accomplishment and should be able to achieve economic independence.