Katherine Parr Was An Author
In 1545, Katherine, an intellect fluent in several languages, published Prayers or Meditations, the first book in English published by an English woman using her own name. She wrote several other books centered on religion. She would anonymously publish English translations of Latin psalms.
After Henry VIII’s death, and when it was reasonably safe, she revealed herself as a Protestant with her last publication in 1547, Lamentations of a Sinner, making an argument that faith alone could achieve salvation. This would have been an executable offense during Henry’s time, but Catherine was savvy enough to know when the time was right.
