Episode 5 of From What We Gathered introduces the listeners to Mary Astell. A brilliant wit from the 17th century who is often viewed as England's first feminist. Her ideas presented women as capable of the deepest friendships because of shared experience, which could be greatly enriched by their mutual education and would be most beneficial in a monastery where student and teacher alike were female. While we're not circulating a pamphlet on the topic, you can listen now as Kylie & Dani ponder over her dream of an educational monastery that never happened.