Woman's Trifling Needs E-book
Author: Mercy Warren
Genre: Literature, Poetry
Warren, Mercy (1728-1814) American playwright, poet and historian,
Mercy Otis Warren wrote a number of satirical dramas critical of
British rule in America. A friend of many of the best-known
personalities of her time, Mrs. Warren filled her loosely written
"History of the American Revolution" with biographical sketches. This
extremely popular work furnished the average New Englander of the time
their knowledge of the revolution.
Woman's Trifling Needs (1790) A poem from the 1790 collection, "Poems,
Dramatic and Miscellaneous." An insight into the material desires of
the women of Warren's day. "So weak Lamira, and her wants so few,"
Warren asks, "Who can refuse?-they're but the sex's due." Opening
lines: An inventory clear of all she needs Lamira offers here.
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