BREECHES BIBLE. An edition of the Bible printed in 1598, wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed figleaves together, and made themselves breeches.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Mary Wollstonecraft, The Woman Who Laid the Foundation for Feminism

"Think 18th-century feminism must be outdated? Think again—there is still so much to learn from the life and writing of Mary Wollstonecraft."

thecollector.com/mary-wollston…

Wollstonecraft at PG:

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