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“‘the number of women publishing increased around 50% every decade starting in the 1760s’. Yet most were dismissively called… “scribblers”, as opposed to authors. This new term…rapidly attracted gendered connotations referencing women writers, whose work might be popular, but was beneath serious consideration. Often their books were novels. In fact, women wrote more than 50% of novels published.”