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Classics in the education of girls and women / [compiled] by Shirley Nelson Kersey.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1981.Description: xii, 323 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0810813548
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 376 19
LOC classification:
  • LC1707 .C53
Contents:
The Republic, Book V / Plato -- Laws, Book VII / Plato -- Early Christian era -- Letter CVII, "To Laeta" / St. Jerome -- Letter CXXVIII, "To Pacatula" / St. Jerome -- "A letter addressed to the illustrious lady, Baptista Malatesta" / Leonardo Bruni -- "The abbott and the learned lady" / Desiderius Erasmus -- "The instruction of a Christian woman" / Juan Luis Vives -- The life and death of Sir Thomas More / Cresacre More -- Positions / Richard Mulcaster -- The reformed school / John Dury -- The learned maid / Anna van Schurman -- The education of girls / Francois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon -- "Advice from M. de Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai, to a lady of quality, concerning the education of her daughter" / Francois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon -- An essay upon projects / Daniel Defore -- A serious proposal to the ladies / Mary Astell -- An essay in defence of the female sex / Mary Astell -- "The ladies library" / Mary Wray -- The governess / Sarah Fielding -- Emile / Jean Jacques Rousseau -- Leonard and Gertrude / Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi -- Thoughts on the education of daughters/ Mary Wollstonecraft -- "Thoughts upon female education" / Benjamin Rush -- "The plan of a seminary of female education" / Clara Reeve -- Lectures on female education and manners. Lecture IX / John Burton -- A plan for the conduct of female education in boarding schools / Erasmus Darwin -- Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady, "Letter IX" / Hester Chapone -- Stricture on female education / Hannah More -- "Female education" / Sydney Smith -- "Special systems of education for women" / Emily Davies -- Womankind, "Lessons" / Charlotte Mary Yonge -- The deducation of mothers: or The civilization of mankind by women / Louis Aime-Martin -- Levana; or, The doctrine of education / Jean Paul Richter -- Reminiscences of Friedrich Froebel / Bertha Maria von Marenholz-Bulow -- "Sketch of a female seminary" / Emma Willard -- "Address to the guardians of female education" / Lydia Sigourney -- "Essay on the education of female teachers" / Catharine Beecher -- Unpublished pamphlet / Mary Lyon -- Principles and design of the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary / Mary Lyon -- "Study and work" / Thomas Wentworth Hiigginson -- "The education woman" / Heloise Edwina Hersey.
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Includes bibliographical references.

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The Republic, Book V / Plato -- Laws, Book VII / Plato -- Early Christian era -- Letter CVII, "To Laeta" / St. Jerome -- Letter CXXVIII, "To Pacatula" / St. Jerome -- "A letter addressed to the illustrious lady, Baptista Malatesta" / Leonardo Bruni -- "The abbott and the learned lady" / Desiderius Erasmus -- "The instruction of a Christian woman" / Juan Luis Vives -- The life and death of Sir Thomas More / Cresacre More -- Positions / Richard Mulcaster -- The reformed school / John Dury -- The learned maid / Anna van Schurman -- The education of girls / Francois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon -- "Advice from M. de Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai, to a lady of quality, concerning the education of her daughter" / Francois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon -- An essay upon projects / Daniel Defore -- A serious proposal to the ladies / Mary Astell -- An essay in defence of the female sex / Mary Astell -- "The ladies library" / Mary Wray -- The governess / Sarah Fielding -- Emile / Jean Jacques Rousseau -- Leonard and Gertrude / Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi -- Thoughts on the education of daughters/ Mary Wollstonecraft -- "Thoughts upon female education" / Benjamin Rush -- "The plan of a seminary of female education" / Clara Reeve -- Lectures on female education and manners. Lecture IX / John Burton -- A plan for the conduct of female education in boarding schools / Erasmus Darwin -- Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady, "Letter IX" / Hester Chapone -- Stricture on female education / Hannah More -- "Female education" / Sydney Smith -- "Special systems of education for women" / Emily Davies -- Womankind, "Lessons" / Charlotte Mary Yonge -- The deducation of mothers: or The civilization of mankind by women / Louis Aime-Martin -- Levana; or, The doctrine of education / Jean Paul Richter -- Reminiscences of Friedrich Froebel / Bertha Maria von Marenholz-Bulow -- "Sketch of a female seminary" / Emma Willard -- "Address to the guardians of female education" / Lydia Sigourney -- "Essay on the education of female teachers" / Catharine Beecher -- Unpublished pamphlet / Mary Lyon -- Principles and design of the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary / Mary Lyon -- "Study and work" / Thomas Wentworth Hiigginson -- "The education woman" / Heloise Edwina Hersey.