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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
relaxing
slow-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Super interesting! I once again am not sure I'd put it on a must reads by women list but I thought it was cool to read and pretty spot on what I want to study! Definitely can see this being useful in the future! I'm glad I read it! Also she covered everything from childhood to education to marriage to childrearing and incorporated what her contemporaries were saying so well. So so cool!
Of course, the most important thing about this book is the influence it had on thought when it was written, and how it changed the debate about educating girls to become rational women and, indeed, how that debate eventually changed practice.
That said, I did find some of it hard-going to read just in terms of the dense eighteenth century philosophical language. The first couple of chapters were particularly tough-going, but worth working through. Later on, there is analysis of other books about educating girls, and there are interesting anecdotes, alongside the argument, which made for easier reading.
I'm really glad that I persevered. What Wollstonecraft recommended was not just educating women, but mixed-sex day schools specifically. It's nice to know that this is now how the majority of children are educated, so she eventually got what she wanted.
This book is referred to so often that I thought I should actually read it, and now I have done and I'm glad that I have.
That said, I did find some of it hard-going to read just in terms of the dense eighteenth century philosophical language. The first couple of chapters were particularly tough-going, but worth working through. Later on, there is analysis of other books about educating girls, and there are interesting anecdotes, alongside the argument, which made for easier reading.
I'm really glad that I persevered. What Wollstonecraft recommended was not just educating women, but mixed-sex day schools specifically. It's nice to know that this is now how the majority of children are educated, so she eventually got what she wanted.
This book is referred to so often that I thought I should actually read it, and now I have done and I'm glad that I have.
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced