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Re:‘George Eliot’ joins 24 female authors making debuts unde... by kitd on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:45AM (#24159415)
But having a female name didn't keep Doris Lessing, Margaret Atwood, and many other women from having very successful careers.

Because they lived some 150 years after Eliot and the Brontes. The point is restoring respect to women who, at the time they were alive, were expected to use male pseudonyms.

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