Mary Astell (1666-1731)
Child of a merchant class family, teacher, passionate advocate of equal education for women, self avowed feminist, philosopher, author, phamphleteer.
You Are Invited !
Educating Women invites historians of educational thought to contribute a biographical-philosophical gloss of the life and work of this educating woman.
Below are some resources available for such educational inquiry.
Online:
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/astell/
The Literary Encyclopedia: http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=168
The Works of Mary Astell (Luminarium:Anthology of English Literature): http://www.luminarium.org/eightlit/astell/astellbib.php
Books:
Astell, Mary, Kolbrener, Michael & Michelson, Michael (ed). Mary Astell: Reason, Gender, Faith. Surry, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2007.
Springborg, Patricia, Mary Astell: Theorist of Freedom from Domination. NY:Cambridge Universtiy Press, 2005.
Astell, Mary, Springborg, Patricia (ed), A Serious Proposal to the Ladies. Toronto: Broadview Literary Press, 2002.
Astell, Mary, Springborg, Patricia (ed), Astell, political writingsl, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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