Letters on Education With Observations on Religious and Metaphysical Subjects
Letters on EducationWith Observations on Religious and Metaphysical Subjects\nAuthor(s): Catharine Macaulay\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108062954, 978-1108062954\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1790, this collection of letters presents the mature views of Catharine Macaulay [tel] on education and related topics. Famed as an impassioned writer on history and politics, she defied eighteenth-century preconceptions of what it was possible and appropriate for women to achieve. Ranging across a broad spectrum of subjects, from diet and reading to pastimes, religion and discipline, this work reflects her enlightened thinking. She compares the educational situation in England to the contemporary French and American systems, and even those of ancient Rome and Sparta. Championing equality in education regardless of gender, Macaulay argues for the instruction of girls within a co-educational system, s.
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