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| | Biographical Dictionary of Women and Pro-Feminists Men Mentioned on the Matilda Joslyn Gage Website |
 | | Daughter of Henry VIII, king of England, and of his second wife, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth, who became queen at the death of her half-sister Mary in 1558, was the last of the Tudor rulers of England. |
| | To these problems Elizabeth brought a thorough education, innate shrewdness, and a skill in diplomacy that she had constantly exercised during the reigns of Edward and Mary, when one mistake might have meant her death. |
| | Barren, Mary was succeeded by Elizabeth I. In her 1852 speech to the Syracuse Woman's Rights Convention, Gage said, "With the learning, energy, and perseverance of Lady Jane Grey, Mary and Elizabeth, all are familiar. |
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