books.google.ca - Mary Astell's A Serious Proposal to the Ladies is one of the most important and neglected works advocating the establishment of women's academies. Its reception was so controversial that Astell responded with a lengthy sequel, also in this volume. The cause of great notoriety, Astell's Proposal was imitated...http://books.google.ca/books/about/A_Serious_Proposal_to_the_Ladies.html?id=FOQF2Wr4fHAC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareA Serious Proposal to the Ladies
