Influential historian and feminist Catharine Macaulay (1731-91)
writes in support of the French Revolution in this 1790
political pamphlet. (1731-91) is considered to have been the
first female historian. Her eight-volume History of England
(1763-83) and her radical views brought her considerable fame in
eighteenth-century England. She was a political activist in
favour of parliamentary reform, and wrote several political
pamphlets on the subject. She also wrote the feminist work
Letters on Education (1790), which argues for the equal
education of men and women and is thought to have been
influential upon Mary Wollstonecraft. Macaulay supported both
the American Revolution and the French Revolution and saw them
as moves towards equality and liberty. This political pamphlet,
first published in 1790, was written in support of the French
Revolution and against Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in
France. It is a passionate polemic that challenges Burke's
interpretation of British history. It remains an impor