ORIGINS OF FEMINISM - Texts of the XVI to the XVIII centuries - An int eresting approach to the writings of fifteen English women, considered precursors of Western feminism and the starting point of written femi nism. It is well known that the movements for the equality of the righ ts of women in the English-speaking countries are the most representat ive in the West, although that of the suffragists is the best known. H owever, delving into the past, we find that the English Renaissance es pecially benefited women, the Humanism began to form them and the Prot estant Reformation assisted them to translate religious texts, all of which can explain the well-informed nature of the authors of the texts that are collected here and their significant value in establishing t he historical thread of feminism. The book has as objective to facilit ate access to the texts which were published in England on defense of women during the XVI to the XVIII centuries. In spite of the time laps e, the questions out
