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Hester Chapone (1727 1801) was a British writer and advocate of women's education who is best known as the author of one of the most popular conduct books for women in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Self-educated in French, Latin and Greek, Chapone published much of her work after the death of her husband in 1761. Her firm belief in the right of women to lead emotionally and intellectually fulfilled lives was much praised by contemporary feminists. These volumes, first published posthumously in 1807, contain a biography and a series of unpublished letters from Chapone to...
Hester Chapone (1727 1801) was a British writer and advocate of women's education who is best known as the author of one of the most popular conduct b...
Hester Chapone (1727 1801) was a British writer and advocate of women's education who is best known as the author of one of the most popular conduct books for women in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Self-educated in French, Latin and Greek, Chapone published much of her work after the death of her husband in 1761. Her firm belief in the right of women to lead emotionally and intellectually fulfilled lives was much praised by contemporary feminists. These volumes, first published posthumously in 1807 contain a biography and a series of unpublished letters from Chapone to...
Hester Chapone (1727 1801) was a British writer and advocate of women's education who is best known as the author of one of the most popular conduct b...
Originally published in 1773 in two volumes, and now reissued here together in one, this work by the writer Hester Chapone (1727 1801), a renowned proponent of female education, contains advice delivered in the form of letters to her niece. The first volume deals primarily with matters of religion and morality, while the second volume addresses questions of behaviour and schooling. Unusually for self-improvement books of this era, Chapone recommends that a young woman should have a rigorous education in a wide variety of subjects, including ancient history and geography, as well as...
Originally published in 1773 in two volumes, and now reissued here together in one, this work by the writer Hester Chapone (1727 1801), a renowned pro...
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