Given the progress made in recent years in recovering the writings of early modern women, one might expect that a complete set of the important works of Mary As

Philosopher, theologian, educational theorist, feminist and political pamphleteer, Mary Astell was an important figure in the history of ideas of the early mode

Jacqueline Broad presents a new account of the philosophy of Mary Astell (1666-1731), which situates Astell's feminist, political, and religious views in the co

Often referred to as a proto-feminist, early modern English philosopher and rhetorician Mary Astell was a pious supporter of monarchy who wrote about gender equ

This is the second of two collections of correspondence written by early modern English women philosophers. In this volume, Jacqueline Broad presents letters fr