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- She published Whether the Study of Letters Is Fitting for a Christian Woman? In Dutch and was translated into French in 1646 and English in 1659; there is also a Latin version (Num feminae Christianae convenit studium litterarum), which is included in the collected edition of 1648 (see below).
- This argued, using the mediaeval technique of syllogism, that women should be educated in all matters but should not use their education in professional activity or employment and it should not be allowed to interfere in their domestic duties. For its time this was a radical position.
- Anna Maria published her last work "Eucleria" (1673) with Jean's support.
Her collected works, including correspondence in French, Latin, Greek and Hebrew, were published by the house of Elsevier in 1648, edited by Friedrich Spanheim, another disciple of Labadie.
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