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Elizabeth (the delinquent, ecumenical) ([personal profile] hermionesviolin) wrote2003-03-31 11:05 pm

One learns new things every day.

The first extant book by a woman in the English language was written by Julian of Norwich.

(So says Shawn Madigan in Mystics, Visionaries, and Prophets: A Historical Anthology of Women's Spiritual Writings.)

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