In 1790, Judith Sargent Murray became the first American to publicly argue that men and women were equal. Hailing from seafaring Gloucester Massachusetts, she educated herself, weathered some of life’s cruelest storms, and published hundreds of bold, brave essays. She expected to rock the boat, steering her new American nation toward equality. And America went…meh. Why? Join Katie on location at Sargent House Museum in Gloucester. Judith Sargent Murray’s Unitarian Universalist Catechism is available here. Find the full text of Sargent Murray’s essay “On the Equality of the Sexes” from the National Humanities Center here and a good analysis of her essay here. Watch another interesting talk on Judith Sargent Murray by scholar of American Revolution Women Dr. Carol Berkin. All photos by Katie Nelson unless otherwise credited. Jen Turner is a doctoral candidate in history at UMass Amherst and a long time adjunct facultymember in the history department at Bridgewater State Universi...