What a revolting contrast exists in England between the slavery of women and the intellectual superiority of women writers.

Flora Tristan (7 April 1803 in Paris – 14 November 1844 in Bordeaux France) was a socialist writer and activist. She was one of the founders of modern feminism. She wrote several works the best known of which are Peregrinations of a Pariah (1838) Promenades in London (1840) and The Workers' Union (1843).