Tentative Conclusion: Yes. Primarily detected at the level of word selection rather than in significantly different use of particular words or themes.

Confidence Level: Suggestive, owing to sampling questions and methodological issues.

Implication: May raise an element of agency in the creation of an identifiable female writing space in French during this period by use of words whose meanings are not significantly altered.

Marie de Gournay (Grief des dames, 1641) complaining of men who refuse to read or acknowledge the "woman writing":

Certain women [...] will be able to treasure up some dangerous words with an impeccable pedigree [...] turning the tables on them, because [they] have heard them and [have] read the things that come from their hands.