Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education: With a View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent among Women of Rank and Fortune (Cambridge Library Collection - Education) (Volume 2) - Softcover

More, Hannah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108018912 ISBN 13: 9781108018913

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

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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Book Description:

Hannah More (1745-1833) was highly influential in her lifetime, publishing a wide variety of successful works, including social and moral tracts and religious fiction. This two-volume work (1799) is her definitive study on women's education, outlining her belief that women's conduct determined the moral state of a nation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1108018912
• ISBN 13: 9781108018913
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352