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from en wikipedia. Quaker Meeting in London: A female Quaker preaches (c.1723), engraving by Bernard Picard (1673-1733).

The Quakers were known for their egalitarian treatment of women. A female preacher was unheard of in other 18th century western churches.

From (curiously the caption on this French version appears to a re-translation of the English, rather than using the original caption on the engraving)
 * http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Annodomini/THEME_14/EN/theme14-4-sec.html
 * or http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Annodomini/THEME_14/FR/theme-fr-14-4-sec.html

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