page_title: Mary Astell
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Astell
caption_attribution_description: ಕನ್ನಡ:&#160;?? English: Joshua Reynolds' "Study for the portrait of a young woman"
context_page_description: 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."
context_section_description: Mary Astell (12 November 1666 – 11 May 1731) 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."
caption: Joshua Reynold's Portrait of a Young Woman, often cited as being a portrait of Mary Astell.
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