<p>This episode explores the life and work of 17th century English thinker Mary Astell, best known for her promotion of women’s education in her work <em>A Serious Proposal to the Ladies</em>. She is sometimes called the first English feminist.</p>

This episode explores the life and work of 17th century English thinker Mary Astell, best known for her promotion of women’s education in her work A Serious Proposal to the Ladies. She is sometimes called the first English feminist.

Mary Astell

This is a series for those interested in learning more about women writers, intellectuals and activists, women who deserve to be known better than they are. Episodes of the podcast were written and presented by students at the University of Toronto enrolled in a course devoted to the study of women writers in the history of political thought. The podcast is inspired in part by Christine de Pizan’s Book of the City of Ladies (1405).

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Mary Astell

Mary Astell