Mary Astell Quotes
Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.
Astell, Mary. Some Reflections Upon Marriage. John Nutt, 1700, p. 14.
Jackson's Secretary of War, John Henry Eaton, 1790-1856, had been having an affair with a married woman with a proclivity toward promiscuity. Her husband committed suicide and Eaton wished to marry the lady, but did not wish to bring any scandal to Jackson's administration. He consulted the President. He did and there was a huge scandal. It split Jackson's cabinet and ended with Jackson replacing the entire cabinet except the Postmaster General. Vice President John C. Calhoun's chances for the Presidency died as he and Jackson broke over this scandal.
Mary Astell was an English protofeminist writer, philosopher, and rhetorician. Her advocacy of equal educational opportunities for women has earned her the title "the first English feminist."
