"Yes, ye lordly, ye haughty sex, our souls are by nature equal to yours; the same breath of God animates, enlivens, and invigorates us; and that we are not fallen lower than yourselves"(Murray 1061) , a patriot and a feminist, was educated in the classics with her brother and considered women and men intellectually equal. As a novelist, essayist, dramatist, and poet, Murray asserted her opinions about the equality of the sexes. Harris explains "As a commited feminist she urged American women to enter a 'new era in female history,' yet publishe ....