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MARY ASTELL (1668-1731)
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MARY See also: English author, was See also: born at See also: Newcastle-upon-See also: Tyne
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She was instructed by her See also: uncle, a clergyman, in Latin and French, logic, See also: mathematics and natural philosophy
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In her twentieth See also: year she went to See also: London, where she continued her studies
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She published, in 1697, a See also: work entitled A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, wherein a Method is offered for the Improvement of their Minds
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With the same end in view she elaborated a scheme for a ladies' See also: college, which was favourably entertained by See also: Queen See also: Anne, and would have been carried out had not See also: Bishop Burnet interfered
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The most important of her other See also: works was The Christian See also: Religion, as professed by a Daughter of the See also: Church of
See also: England, published in 1705
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