First published in 1790, this collection of letters presents the
mature views of Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) 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, seeing this as the only way to improve
female standing in society. Also reissued in this series is her
eight-volume History of England (1763-83), which traces the
upheavals of the seventeenth century.
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