In a time when women were expected to be silent, no topic was off limits for Pulter, who penned verses about politics, science and loss. Her manuscript was just published in a free digital archive.

In the 1600s Hester Pulter wondered, ‘Why must I forever be confined?’ – now her poems are online for all to see
Samantha Snively, PhD Candidate in Early Modern Literature, University of California, Davis
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