United Kingdom, Feminist November 12, 1666 – May, 11, 1731.
Mary Astell (Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 November 1666 – London, 11 May 1731) was an English feminist writer and rhetorician. Her advocacy of equal educational opportunities for women has earned her the title "the first English feminist."
Also known as Writer, Rhetorician
We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.
The better our lot is in this world, and the more we have of it, the greater is our leisure to prepare for the next; we have the more opportunity to exercise that God-like quality, to taste that divine pleasure, doing good to the bodies and souls of those beneath us.
If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.
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