During a period when writing was often the only form of self-expression for women, Her Own Life contains extracts from the autobiographical texts of twelve seventeenth-century women addressing a wide range of issues central to their lives.

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Acknowledgements
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Seventeenth-century chronology
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1. Anne Clifford: from Diary, 1616–17
2. An Collins: from Divine Songs and Meditations, 1653
3. Anna Trapnel: from Anna Trapnel’s Report and Plea, 1654
4. Margaret Cavendish: from A True Relation of my Birth, Breeding and Life, 1656
5. Susanna Parr: from Susanna’s Apology Against the Elders, 1659
6. Katharine Evans and Sarah Cheevers: from A Short Relation of Cruel Sufferings, 1662
7. Mary Carleton: from The Case of Madam Mary Carleton, 1663
8. Alice Thornton: from A Book of Remembrances, c. 1668
9. Sarah Davy: from Heaven Realized, 1670
10. Anne Wentworth: from A Vindication of Anne Wentworth, 1677
11. Hannah Allen: from Satan his Methods and Malice Baffled, 1683
12. Joan Vokins: from God’s Mighty Power Magnified, 1691
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