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Thoughts on the Education of Daughters

A work by Mary Wollstonecraft, first published in 1787

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Key facts

First published
17872
Claims on korrents
181

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. A mother should breastfeed her own children unless there are very weighty reasons not to (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Maternal tenderness comes as much from habit as from instinct (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Embittering childhood with needless restraint is cruel (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Principles of truth are innate (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Regard or admiration should never be expressed when it is not felt (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Dress should adorn the person without rivalling it, and need not be expensive (opens korrents.com)1

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Sources

  1. Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Thoughts on the Education of Daughters, Q3113189 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)

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