... logic and metaphysics intended for female readers. Both women also adopt a distinctive philosophical agenda, which draws and expands upon Wolffian insights. Gottsched Unzer philosophical method education of women and girls translation intellectualism aesthetic cognition The impacts of Wolff’s...

... of education to women and rejects the educational philosophies put forward by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Another instance of that feminine weakness of character, often produced by a confined education, is a romantic twist of the mind, which has been very properly termed sentimental. Women...

.... If the wife has as much knowledge and education [as her husband], the house hold will be well managed. When [educated] women give birth to children, they will know how to raise and teach their children, and in this way the children will grow up to be useful [to society]. They will be educated by their mothers...

... one mention of women’s issues in its diagnosis of the continental situation and this concerns education: “Educated women, even if they do not participate in the labor force, can have a significant impact on the country’s economy through lower fertility rates, health information, and more “household...

... Behrman dowry education insufficient commitment marriage match mother's health natural talent pre marital bargaining Basu care of siblings Klasen birth control dowries education of women infant mortality sexual division of labour survival-enhancing policies In this chapter, we deal...

...This chapter describes the Cambridge of 1874, the beginnings of university education for women, the obstacles and conflicts faced by the pioneers, notably Henry Sidgwick and John Stuart Mill. It discusses the formidable obstacles facing women students and their lack of academic preparation...

... state role of the—France Willard Emma Catholic conceptions of femininity—France Davis Natalie Zemon Protestant conceptions of femininity—England Tocqueville Alexis de Catholic associations feminism—France Femmes savantes Les 1672 intellectual education of women—England intellectual education...

..., Musa Virginea. In 1673, she published An Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Women, in which she responded to all objections to a woman’s right to be educated and announced that she was establishing her own school in London where 8-year-old “Gentlewomen” might receive...

..., The Higher Education of Women, and its reception, paying particular attention to her ongoing dialogue with Richard Holt Hutton, editor of the Spectator. It traces the origins of her decision, in 1866, to set up herself a university-level women’s college modelled on the Cambridge...