Educating English Daughters : Late Seventeenth-Century Debates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makin, Bathsua.

Contributor:

More, Mary.

Teague, Frances.

Ezell, Margaret J. M.

Series:

The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: the Toronto Series

The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: the Toronto Series ; v.44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women-Education-England-17th century-History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Iter Press, 2016.

Summary:

This edition offers texts from Bathsua Makin and Mary More, and Robert Whitehall's response to More's argument.Makin describes the appropriate education for London merchants' daughters, arguing that girls should be educated and should aspire to follow learned women in history, and that educated women improve their families and themselves.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Illustrations

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Bathsua Makin (1600-1681?)

Bathsua Makin and Women's Education

The Ancient Education of Gentlewomen (1673)

Part II: Mary More (1633-1716) and Robert Whitehall (1625-1685)

Mary More and Robert Whitehall: Lives and Writings

Mary More, The Woman's Right (ca. 1674)

Robert Whitehall, The Woman's Right Proved False (ca. 1674)

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-86698-718-5

OCLC:

964632325