Mary Astell (1666–1731) has been dubbed 'the first English feminist' due to her advocacy of education for women while pursuing a career as a writer and philosopher.

Forty-seven books and pamphlets owned by Mary have been discovered in the Old Library at Magdalene College, complete with her notes on philosophy and science. Read more about the collection and how it came to be in Cambridge here: https://bit.ly/MaryAstellLetterCollec...

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