Title page of the unauthorized translation of “Question celèbre’ (The Learned Maid) by Anna Maria van Schurman, c. 1646

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This is the cover page for an unauthorized French translation of Anna Maria van Schurman’s “The Learned Maid,” also known as the “Question celèbre.” This treatise extended Van Schurman’s work on women’s education in her Dissertatio (1641).

Citation: Van Schurman, Anna Maria. 1646. Question celèbre, s’il est necessaire ou non que les filles soiens sçavantes. Paris: Rolet le Duc, rue S. Jacques à la Justice.
Permissions: Creative Commons
Credit: Bibliothèque numérique de Lyon
Associated timeline dates: 1646
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