2. (1623 – 15 December 1673)
• English aristocrat,
•a prolific writer, and
•a scientist.
She became the second wife of William
Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-
Tyne in 1645
3. Cavendish was a
•poet,
•philosopher,
•writer of prose romances,
•essayist, and
•playwright
who published under her own name at a
time when most women writers published
anonymously.
Her writing addressed a number of topics,
including gender, power, manners, scientific
method, and philosophy.
4. Cavendish has been championed
and criticized as a unique and
groundbreaking woman writer.
She has been claimed as an
advocate for animals and as an
early opponent of animal testing.
6. O love, how thou art Tyred out with Rhime!
Thou art a Tree, whereon all Poets Clime,
And from thy Tender Branches every one
Doth take some Fruit, which Fancy feeds
upon:
But now thy Tree is left so Bare and Poor,
That they can hardly gather one Plum more.
MARGARETMARGARET
CAVENDISHCAVENDISH
