A hundred years after Bradstreet pushed the boundaries with her captivating poetry and paved the way for future women to take over, Judith Murray broke through with her use of unfiltered literature and she continued the fight for women's equality. ... In similar inquisitive behavior, Murray felt cheated when she observed her brother preparing for Harvard College and studying subjects that she did not have access to as a woman. ... Simply by studying subjects usually allowed for men only, they proved that women were capable of equal intellectual footing. ... (Bradstreet 549) This line in...

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