Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it.

1704
Moderation Truly Stated: or a review of a late pamphlet entitul’d Moderation a virtue or the occasional conformist justify’d from the imputation of hypocricy. Mary Astell (12 November 1666 – 11 May 1731) was an English feminist writer and rhetorician. 1704
An Impartial Enquiry into the Causes of Rebellion and Civil War in this Kingdom: In an examination of Dr.

Mary Astell (12 November 1666 – 11 May 1731) was an English feminist writer and rhetorician. Her advocacy of equal educational opportunities for women has earned her the title "the first English feminist.