"'Commoners Wives who stand for their Freedom and Liberty': Leveller Women and the Hermeneutics of Collectivities," Huntington Library Quarterly 77.3: 305-329. This essay examines the politics of Elizabeth Lilburne and other Leveller women who played key roles in articulating the movement’s ideal of collectivity. Between the years 1645 and 1647, the Levellers and other dissidents were singled out by the House of Lords as particularly dangerous. During this period, Leveller women helped publish and distribute pamphlets, giving sympathizers access to critical information and holding the community together. Although Leveller wives often worked behind the scenes, at times they spoke publicly as stakeholders in their households, presenting those spaces as symbols of collective Leveller resistance.