... of Lincoln estate. In fact, she had an equivalent of a bachelor's degree, which men were only able to receive. With unlimited access to her father's library at Sempringham Castle, she read and studied, focusing mainly on the serious Puritan writings. Bradstreet's first published volume of poems, "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, By a Gentlewoman of Those Parts" is the ... his degree in medicine and theology from Harvard. Wigglesworth's, The Day of Doom, published in 1662 is considered to be America's first best seller, as well as the most widely read book of that time. It is ...

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... is important to know her history. Bradstreet was born in England in 1612 to a fairly wealthy family. As she grew up, her father placed a great emphasis on her ability to read, and encouraged her to not only learn how, but to excel at it. With this being said, it is obvious that Bradstreet was by far more highly educated than the ... ...

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