Mary Scott's The Female Advocate; a poem occasioned by reading Mr. Duncombe's Feminead is both a celebration of women's literary achievements, as well as an impassioned piece of advocacy for women's r
Title page of Mary Scott's The Female Advocate (1775)
Elizabeth Dauncey, one of Thomas More's daughters, was part of a circle of exceptionally educated and accomplished women who exemplified "learned ladies" for the next two centuries.
The Female Advocate
…Margaret Roper (née More; 1505–1544) Elizabeth Dauncey (née More; 1506–1564) Cecily Heron (née More; born 1507…
Portrait study of Elizabeth Dauncey, 21 years, by Hans Holbein the Younger, c.1527
Rowland Lockey (1565–1616), after Hans Holbein the Younger, Thomas More and his family (1592)