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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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A serious proposal to the Ladies (1697) 1 0

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Receptions of Mary Astell, the person

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*Mention in Art. in De Gids Jacobs, Aletta 1899 -

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)