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  3. Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2011
Print publication year:
2010
First published in:
1799
Online ISBN:
9780511732096
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511732096
Series:
Cambridge Library Collection - Education
Subjects:
Literature, English Literature 1700-1830, Education, History, Theory
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Book description

A unique and influential public figure in her time, Hannah More (1745–1833) was a prolific writer. This two-volume study, published in 1799, is her definitive work on women's education, which went through thirteen editions by 1826 and sold over 19,000 copies. The work outlines More's belief that women's education and conduct determined the moral state of a nation, reflecting her acceptance of eighteenth-century views on the status and education of women. In Volume 2 More argues that, with proper education, women - viewed by her as naturally more religious than men - could regenerate Christianity. She also discusses conversation, fashionable life and public amusements. The modern reader will find More's conservative stance on women's rights a fascinating contrast to more liberal works of the age, including Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=moreha

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