Anna Maria van Schurman, 'The Star of Utrecht'

Dutch Golden Age scholar Anna Maria van Schurman was widely regarded throughout the seventeenth century as the most learned woman of her age. This study addresses van Schurman's transformative contribution to the seventeenth-century debate on women's education. It analyzes, first, her educational philosophy; and, second, the transnational reception of her writings on women's education, particularly in France.