 Although her lecture tours extended to the principal cities of the United States, the enunciation of her views and publication of a collection of her speeches in her book, "Course of Popular Lectures" (1829 and 1836), met with opposition.The clergy and the press were critical of Wright and her opinions on religion and social reform.The "New York American", for example, called Wright "a female monster" because of her controversial views, but she was undeterred.