Thoughts on the Education of Daughters / With Reflections on Female Conduct, in the More Important Duties of Life

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By MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, N o 72, ST. PAUL’S
CHURCH-YARD.
M DCC LXXXVII.
In the following pages I have endeavoured to point out some important things with respect to female education. It is true, many treatises have been already written; yet it occurred to me, that much still remained to be said. I shall not swell these sheets by writing apologies for my attempt. I am afraid, indeed, the reflections will, by some, be thought too grave; but I could not make them less so without writing affectedly; yet, though they may be insipid to the gay, others may not think them so; and if they should prove useful to one fellow-creature, and beguile any hours, which sorrow has made heavy, I shall think I have not been employed in vain.
THOUGHTS
ON THE
EDUCATION
DAUGHTERS.