Mary Astell (c. 1666-1731), English philosopher.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

* Mary Astell by Alice Sowaal

Google Book

* Introduction from "An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex" (page 11, 1696) in The Literary Museum (1792)* Letters Concerning the Love of God (with John Norris, 1705)

* Florence Mary Smith, Mary Astell (Ph.D. thesis, 1916)

Miscellaneous

* Mary Astell at Luminarium (maintained by Anniina  Jokinen)* Mary Astell at Sunshine for Women* Mary Astell, at Women-philosophers.com

* Review at NDPR of Patricia Springborg's Mary Astell: Theorist of Freedom from Domination, by E. Derek Taylor* Review of Christine Mason Sutherland's The Eloquence of Mary Astell, by Elizabeth Tasker