Throughout her life, in her personal relationships as well as in
her role as a public intellectual, the English thinker Mary Astell
(1666-1731) supported women, wrote to and for women, and, to the
greatest extent possible, moved from advocacy for to action on
behalf of women. In her first published work, A Serious Proposal to
the Ladies (London 1694), Astell proposed the establishment of an
educational institution for women aimed solely at fulfilling their
needs, a place where women could withdraw from a harsh and
threatening world controlled by men and organized to suit men's
desires, irrespective of women's. Perhaps nowhere is her feminist
position more clearly articulated than on the title page of this,
her first publication: she addresses herself to women, her aim is
"the advancement of their true and greatest interest," and she
identifies herself as "a lover of her sex." But, despite its
importance, no previously available edition of A Serious Proposal
to the Ladies has addressed the complications of Astell's prose
style, and none has added the kind of glossing and notes that will
assist student readers in their engagement with her distinctive
voice. This edition, designed for classroom use, provides an ample
introduction, a carefully modernized text, helpful glosses and
notes, and a useful bibliography with references for further
reading.
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