Mary Astell (1666 - 1731)

Short name Mary Astell
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First name Mary
Birth name Astell
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Date of birth 1666
Date of death 1731
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Sex Female
Place of birth Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Place of death London
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Religion / ideology Catholic
Education Educated at home
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Mary Astell was ...
related to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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Receptions of Mary Astell, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
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*Mention in Art. in De Gids Jacobs, Aletta 1899 None
MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "[...[ Her contemporaries found her a trenchant defender of women". - Lerner, Creation of Feminist Consciousness, 1993, discussed p. 157-8, 202-6 - Offen, European Feminisms, 2000 - Perdita (see hyperlink)
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