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Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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Margaret Cavendish, née Lucas, was a member of a wealthy landowning family and became a Maid of Honour to Queen Henrietta Maria. She wrote many works, including some early science fiction, and published under her own name at a time when most female writers could only publish anonymously.
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