Mary Astell Quotes
The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in God's Eyes.
Citations
Astell, Mary. A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, Part II. Richard Wilkin, 1697, p. 229.
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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."