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Was Elizabeth I illiterate?

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Not at all. She was not illiterate. She wrote and translated beautifully. We have writing that was in her own hand. She was known for her beautiful handwriting. Queen Elizabeth favored swans feathers for quills. read more

Elizabeth I capable of addressing the broader spectrum of private and pub-lic issues outside religious ritual and rhetoric. London’s population doubled from 100,000 to 200,000 between 1580 and 1600, when the total population of England was a little over four million (Gurr 50), thus placing one in twenty Englishmen in London by 1600. read more

Elizabeth Freeman couldn’t read the Massachusetts Constitution, but she understood its declaration that ‘all men are free and equal’ applied to her. Though she was an illiterate slave, she went to court to prove she was right -- and in August of 1781, she won. Her case set the legal precedent that abolished slavery in Massachusetts. read more

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