How Did Mary Astell's a Serious Proposal to the Ladies

question 5

Multiple Choice

How did Mary Astell's A Serious Proposal to the Ladies (1694) challenge the subservient roles traditionally ascribed to women?

• A) It advocated the founding of a private women's college to remedy women's lack of education.
• B) It called for sweeping reforms of English divorce and inheritance laws.
• C) It argued for the establishment of writers' colonies where women could work in peace, free from the constraints of men and family.
• D) It called for the widespread adoption of contraception and other family planning measures as a way of empowering women.

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