Publisher's Synopsis
A Serious Proposal to the Ladies is a 1694 book via English writer Mary Astell which outlines Astell's plan for an all-lady university where ladies might obtain a non-secular and secular training on par with that of their male opposite numbers. Astell's innovative advocacy of same educational opportunities for ladies, as well as her belief that girls are the intellectual equals of fellows, has earned her the title of one of the international's first feminist writers and, in line with some, the title of "first English feminist."A Serious Proposal to the Ladies acquired a truthful amount of backlash and criticism for the views expressed at some point of. Some condemned the have an impact on Catholicism seemed to have on Astell's plan and the institutions defined within the text. Others, however, sincerely rejected Astell's feminist perspectives and the concept of providing same academic opportunities to women. Writers which include Jonathan Swift and Richard Steele appeared to reject each factors. In a guide called Tatler, Swift and Steele wrote essays attacking A Serious Proposal. These essays mocked Astell's perspectives and the nunnery-fashion organization she proposed to serve as a college for girls.However, even as many rejected Astell's work, A Serious Proposal enjoyed a high diploma of recognition and praise amongst girl readers and huge-sufficient move to set up Astell as an influential parent in contemporary English society. Although none of her other works obtained the same quantity of attention as A Serious Proposal, Astell endured to write down essays and posted letters for several years. In 1697, an accompanying piece to A Serious Proposal to the Ladies changed into posted, titled A Serious Proposal, Part II.
