A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

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<p> Mary Astell’s <em>A Serious Proposal to the Ladies</em> 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 <em>Proposal</em> was imitated by Defoe in his “An Academy for Women,” parodied in the <em>Tatler</em>, satirized on the stage, plagiarized by Bishop Berkeley, and later mocked by Gilbert and Sullivan in Princess Ida. </p>