Hilda Smith.

Hilda Smith. All Men and the couple Sexes: Gender, Politics, and the False Universal in England, 1640-1832 University Park, Penn: Pennsylvania State University Pres 2002 Pp xi, 235 $6500 ISBN 0-271-02182-9

The collections of the Folger Library include an illustration intended for an early- eighteenth-century woman's fan, entitled "The Female Seven Ages." It exhibit tos the seven ages of a woman's life, from childhood to not new age: the images (as far as individual can tell from the poor quality reproduction forward p. 61 of Smith's book) are all focused upon sexual and maternal aspects

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