Mary Astell Quote

Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.


The first English feminist: reflections upon marriage and other writings (ed. 1986)


Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.

Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.

Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.

Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.