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Advocate and exemplar of women's education, female of aristocratic
birth and modest demeanor, Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) was
one of Reformation Europe's most renowned writers defending women's
intelligence. From her early teens, Schurman garnered recognition
and admiration for her accomplishments in languages, philosophy,
poetry, and painting. As an adult she actively engaged in written
correspondence and debate with Europe's leading intellectuals.
Nevertheless, Schurman refused to regard herself as an anomaly
among women. A supporter of the female sex, she argues that the
same rigorous education that shaped her should be made available to
all Christian daughters of the aristocracy.
Anna Maria van Schurman was widely regarded as the most erudite woman in seventeenth-century Europe. As "the Star of Utrecht," she was active in a network of learning that included the most renowned scholars of her time. Known for her extensive learning and her defense of the education of women, she was the first woman to sit in on lectures at a university in the Netherlands and to advocate that women be admitted into universities. She was proficient in fourteen languages, including Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, Persian, Samaritan, and Ethiopian, as well as several vernacular European languages. This volume presents in translation a remarkable collection of her letters and poems-many of which were previously unpublished-that span almost four decades of her life, from 1631 to 1669.
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