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Astell, Mary
 (ăs´tsymboll) , 1666—1731, English author and feminist. Her Serious Proposal to the Ladies (2 parts, 1694—97) offered a scheme for a women's college, an idea far in advance of the time. The project was not realized, and her ideas were ridiculed in the Tatler, possibly by Swift and Addison.