Many extremely gifted female writers were using male pseudonyms during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries Just a few examples to those of you who claim to know history or literature so perfectly well:

Did you know that&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/George-Eliot/dp/B00KEZJQU6/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">George Eliot</a>, a prominent author and journalist during the Victorian Era, was actually Mary Ann Evans?

Currer Bell, the author of "Jane Eyre", was actually no other but Charlotte Bronte

Ellis Bell the writer of "Wuthering Heights" was actually Emilie Bronte

And of course, Louisa May Alcott who published under A. M. Barnard name....

George Sand, writer of the famous novel&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Indiana-Oxford-World-s-Classics/dp/0199540489/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Indiana (Oxford World's Classics)</a>&nbsp;which was published in 1832 was actually the Parisian woman writer Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin:&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/George-Sand-Amantine-Aurore-Lucile-Dupin-Influential-Women-in-History/dp/B00CIX2WFS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">George Sand (Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin) - Influential Women in History</a>

This amazing woman, Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, wrote dozens of novels and memoirs as well as several works of literary criticism and political discussion. Interestingly, Dupin's adoption of male qualities did not stop with her male pseudonym. Dupin made a significant stir during her time for wearing mens clothes in public and smoking tobacco in public (two activities that along with many other activities women during that time were not permitted to do).

My point is, that during that time, women were really NOT SUPPOSED TO WRITE AND PUBLISH BOOKS! And when a women dared to publish under her own name, not a pen name, that was a huge risk! Later on, some of the women's real names were exposed, and indeed, some females did publish under female names, but they were not the majority!

As put by the wonderful book I've recently read (and I highly recommend that you read it, because it will totally blow your mind)&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Beasts-of-Prey-The-Hard-Truth-about-Men/dp/B01DWHROFQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Beasts of Prey: The Hard Truth about Men</a>, most women during that time, and much later too, were assuming the role of "virgins" that is, stayed away from men before wedding, then married young, gave births in a row, and raised their babies, while giving their husband's sex, cooking, ironing, gardening, and cleaning services As described by&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Beasts-of-Prey-The-Hard-Truth-about-Men/dp/B01DWHROFQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Beasts of Prey: The Hard Truth about Men</a>&nbsp;men were using their marital status as a "cover up" for their infidelity and cheating. They were using prostitutes and concubines on the side, while hypocritically blaming those women who refused to abide by their sexist laws (i.e. those who did not like to marry, or those who had sex before marriage) to be spinsters or whores, respectively, and those women were ousted by society too. When a woman married a guy, not only could not she appear in ties/knots/ shackles on a cover of a book she had totally lost all her legal and human rights to her husband!
Many extremely gifted female writers were using male pseudonyms during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries Just a few examples to those of you who claim to know history or literature so perfectly well:

Did you know that&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/George-Eliot/dp/B00KEZJQU6/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt? ie=UTF8">George Eliot</a>, a prominent author and journalist during the Victorian Era, was actually Mary Ann Evans? Currer Bell, the author of "Jane Eyre", was actually no other but Charlotte Bronte

Ellis Bell the writer of "Wuthering Heights" was actually Emilie Bronte

And of course, Louisa May Alcott who published under A. M. Barnard name.... George Sand, writer of the famous novel&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Indiana-Oxford-World-s-Classics/dp/0199540489/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt? ie=UTF8">Indiana (Oxford World's Classics)</a>&nbsp;which was published in 1832 was actually the Parisian woman writer Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin:&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/George-Sand-Amantine-Aurore-Lucile-Dupin-Influential-Women-in-History/dp/B00CIX2WFS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt? ie=UTF8">George Sand (Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin) - Influential Women in History</a>

This amazing woman, Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, wrote dozens of novels and memoirs as well as several works of literary criticism and political discussion. Interestingly, Dupin's adoption of male qualities did not stop with her male pseudonym. Dupin made a significant stir during her time for wearing mens clothes in public and smoking tobacco in public (two activities that along with many other activities women during that time were not permitted to do). My point is, that during that time, women were really NOT SUPPOSED TO WRITE AND PUBLISH BOOKS! And when a women dared to publish under her own name, not a pen name, that was a huge risk! Later on, some of the women's real names were exposed, and indeed, some females did publish under female names, but they were not the majority! As put by the wonderful book I've recently read (and I highly recommend that you read it, because it will totally blow your mind)&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Beasts-of-Prey-The-Hard-Truth-about-Men/dp/B01DWHROFQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt? ie=UTF8">Beasts of Prey: The Hard Truth about Men</a>, most women during that time, and much later too, were assuming the role of "virgins" that is, stayed away from men before wedding, then married young, gave births in a row, and raised their babies, while giving their husband's sex, cooking, ironing, gardening, and cleaning services As described by&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Beasts-of-Prey-The-Hard-Truth-about-Men/dp/B01DWHROFQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt? ie=UTF8">Beasts of Prey: The Hard Truth about Men</a>&nbsp;men were using their marital status as a "cover up" for their infidelity and cheating. They were using prostitutes and concubines on the side, while hypocritically blaming those women who refused to abide by their sexist laws (i. e. those who did not like to marry, or those who had sex before marriage) to be spinsters or whores, respectively, and those women were ousted by society too. When a woman married a guy, not only could not she appear in ties/knots/ shackles on a cover of a book she had totally lost all her legal and human rights to her husband!