Sunday, December 18, 2011

Thoughts on the Education of Daughters

1786, New American Library edition of A Mary Wollstonecraft Reader 1983
Mary Wollstonecraft
Thoughts on the Education of Daughters
Original price $3.95, bought used for unknown
Paperback in not bad condition
B-

Wollstonecraft's first published work offers advice on bringing up girls, some of it reasonable (like breastfeeding) and some of it dubious (like discouraging platonic friendships with men).  An interesting glimpse into 27-year-old Mary's mind, before most of the dramatic events of her adulthood.

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