The Female Right to Literature
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The Female Right to Literature is an 18th-century essay by Thomas Seward that argues women should have equal access to education and literary pursuits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Female Right to Literature canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6198983 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Female Right to Literature Context triple: [Thomas Seward, notableWork, The Female Right to Literature]
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A.
Discourse on Woman
Discourse on Woman is a landmark 1849 speech and pamphlet by Lucretia Mott advocating for women's rights and gender equality within social and religious contexts.
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B.
In Defense of Women
In Defense of Women is a 1918 collection of essays by American critic H. L. Mencken that offers a provocative, satirical, and often controversial examination of women, gender relations, and early 20th-century social norms.
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C.
The Constitutional Rights of the Women of the United States
*The Constitutional Rights of the Women of the United States* is a 19th-century feminist legal treatise by Isabella Beecher Hooker that argues women are entitled to full political and civil rights under the U.S. Constitution.
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D.
On Women
"On Women" is a controversial essay by philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in which he presents his pessimistic and often misogynistic views on women, included as a notable section of his collection Parerga and Paralipomena.
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E.
Liberal Women
Liberal Women is the women's wing of Sweden's Liberal People's Party, working to promote gender equality and women's rights within liberal politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Female Right to Literature Target entity description: The Female Right to Literature is an 18th-century essay by Thomas Seward that argues women should have equal access to education and literary pursuits.
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A.
Discourse on Woman
Discourse on Woman is a landmark 1849 speech and pamphlet by Lucretia Mott advocating for women's rights and gender equality within social and religious contexts.
-
B.
In Defense of Women
In Defense of Women is a 1918 collection of essays by American critic H. L. Mencken that offers a provocative, satirical, and often controversial examination of women, gender relations, and early 20th-century social norms.
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C.
The Constitutional Rights of the Women of the United States
*The Constitutional Rights of the Women of the United States* is a 19th-century feminist legal treatise by Isabella Beecher Hooker that argues women are entitled to full political and civil rights under the U.S. Constitution.
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D.
On Women
"On Women" is a controversial essay by philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in which he presents his pessimistic and often misogynistic views on women, included as a notable section of his collection Parerga and Paralipomena.
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E.
Liberal Women
Liberal Women is the women's wing of Sweden's Liberal People's Party, working to promote gender equality and women's rights within liberal politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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literary work ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
women's right to formal education
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women's right to study literature ⓘ |
| argumentType |
intellectual argument for women's participation in literature
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moral argument for women's education ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Seward ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain ⓘ |
| genre | essay ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
advocacy of women's access to literary culture
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critique of restrictions on women's education ⓘ intellectual equality between men and women ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 18th-century debates on women's roles ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | educated reading public ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Enlightenment
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linked to:
Age of Enlightenment
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| mainSubject |
gender equality
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literature ⓘ women's education ⓘ |
| movement | early feminist thought ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
argues that women should have equal access to education
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argues that women should have equal access to literary pursuits ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| supportsView | women are capable of intellectual achievement equal to men ⓘ |
| workInfluencedBy | Enlightenment ideas about reason and education ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
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