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That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
Isabella Whitney
![Isabella Whitney](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: 1545
Died: 1577 (aged 32)
Bio: Isabella Whitney was arguably the first female poet and professional woman writer in England. More specifically, Whitney is credited with being the first Englishwoman to have penned and published original secular poetry under her own name.