Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) is considered to have been the first
female historian. Her eight-volume History of England (1763-83) and
her radical views brought her considerable fame in
eighteenth-century England. She was a political activist in favour
of parliamentary reform, and wrote several political pamphlets on
the subject. She also wrote the feminist work Letters on Education
(1790), which argues for the equal education of men and women and
is thought to have been influential upon Mary Wollstonecraft.
Macaulay supported both the American Revolution and the French
Revolution and saw them as moves towards equality and liberty. This
political pamphlet, first published in 1790, was written in support
of the French Revolution and against Burke's Reflections on the
Revolution in France. It is a passionate polemic that challenges
Burke's interpretation of British history. It remains an important
work in the history of political philosophy.
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