Judith Sargent Murray Society

Dedicated to honoring the life and legacy of the eighteenth-century essayist, poet,
and playwright who was among America's earliest champions of female
equality, education, economic independence, and political engagement.

"The idea of the incapability of women is...totally inadmissible....To argue against facts, is indeed contending with both wind and tide; and, borne down by accumulating examples, conviction of the utility of the present plans will pervade the public mind, and not a dissenting voice will be heard." --Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820) as her male persona, "The Gleaner" WELCOME. PLEASE ENTER. Order "Mingling Souls Upon Paper," An Eighteenth-Century Love Story by Bonnie Hurd Smith Book Signings Interview with Society founder Bonnie Hurd Smith by the Christian Science Monitor About the Judith Sargent Murray Portrait