Congratulations to Ruth Boeker on the publication of her article "Mary Astell on Self-Improvement, Friendship, and Religion," published open access in Locke Studies ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/lo...
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DYK #MadamedeMaintenon (d.1719) & #MaryAstell (d.1731) warned marriage was dangerous for wives? Husbands were complete masters. Astell asked “If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born #slaves?” Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #equality
Happy 359th bday, #MaryAstell. "For if Arbitrary Power is evil in itself, and an improper Method of Governing Rational and Free Agents, it ought not to be practis’d anywhere...If all Men are born Free, how is it that all Women are born Slaves?" #philosophy buff.ly/lwAttAi
