# A Feminist before Feminism: Marie De Gournay **URL:** **By** Paul Meany **Published:** April 7, 2022 --- Marie De Gournay’s “The Equality of Men and Women” is one of the first books to use equality to define the relationships between the sexes. ## SUMMARY: Born in an era of constant misogyny, the 17th-century French lady Marie De Gournay overcame many obstacles to become one of the first and finest female scholars during a golden age of French literature. A deeply pious woman, Gournay reexamined the Bible to argue that God had made men and women moral equals. ### MUSIC ATTRIBUTIONS: Swimmey Texture by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4451-swimmey-texture](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4451-swimmey-texture) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) On the Shore by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4167-on-the-shore](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4167-on-the-shore) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Easy Lemon (60 second) by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3696-easy-lemon-60-second-](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3696-easy-lemon-60-second-) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Two Together by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4555-two-together](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4555-two-together) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Feather Waltz by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3743-feather-waltz](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3743-feather-waltz) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Blue Paint by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3450-blue-paint](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3450-blue-paint) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Relent by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4274-relent](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4274-relent) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Mourning Song by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4086-mourning-song](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4086-mourning-song) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license) Touching Story by Kevin MacLeod Link: [https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4540-touching-story](https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4540-touching-story) License: [https://filmmusic.io/standard-license](https://filmmusic.io/standard-license)