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
The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator.
If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.
We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.
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