Sharon Presley

Benjamin Tucker’s individualist anarchist periodical Liberty hosted radical discussions on gender equality in the late 19th century.

Presley discusses Albert Camus’s essay “Neither Victims nor Executioners.”

For many women, resisting oppression meant turning a critical eye toward religious authorities.

Presley offers advice for thinking independently.

Presley reviews La Boétie’s classic essay.

Frances E. W. Harper was an author, poet, and abolitionist.

A libertarian commitment to individualism means taking sexism in language seriously.

“Giving is up.… And individuals give more than corporations, foundations and bequests put together.”

Political correctness isn’t a good reason to support something—or to oppose it.

“That such a brilliant, unusual woman would be a feminist is no surprise.”

Presley explains how authoritarian relationships on the person‐​to‐​person level affect a free society.

Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child was an author, editor, journalist, and scholar.

McElroy’s book ignores important sources that would undermine her views.

Presley argues that libertarians will be more persuasive if they actively support private alternatives to government poverty programs.

Having previously discussed abolitionist black women, Presley highlights some of the white women in the movement to end slavery.