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| Astell, Mary |
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( s´t l) (KEY) , 16661731, English author and feminist. Her Serious Proposal to the Ladies (2 parts, 169497) offered a scheme for a womens college, an idea far in advance of the time. The project was not realized, and her ideas were ridiculed in the Tatler, possibly by Swift and Addison. |
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