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Editorial
June 11, 1841
Southern Christian Advocate
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
Excerpt from Taylor's 'Home Education' discusses three aims of female education: fostering intellectual tastes for personal happiness, making women attractive companions to men, and preparing them for potential teaching roles, advising parents to equip daughters for possible financial reversals.
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LADIES.
FEMALE EDUCATION.
The specific intentions of female education, considered in contrast with that of the other sex, are three:—First, to vivify, elevate, and inform those intellectual tastes in woman, which may be the means of happiness to herself, and which exclude tastes that are frivolous or pernicious. Secondly, to render her the attractive companion of man, and to put her into communication with the world of mind; not indeed to explore it, but to tread its beaten paths in all directions. And lastly, and as a special object, female education should keep in view a woman's probable destination to teach what she has learned. This latter intention may justify some more exact and arduous methods of study than otherwise would appear to be necessary. And let me be allowed to remind parents, that however secure may be to-day their possession of affluence, and however unlikely it may seem that their daughters should be compelled to look to their accomplishments as the means of independence, it is a wise caution to fit them for a possible reverse of fortune.—Taylor's "Home Education."
FEMALE EDUCATION.
The specific intentions of female education, considered in contrast with that of the other sex, are three:—First, to vivify, elevate, and inform those intellectual tastes in woman, which may be the means of happiness to herself, and which exclude tastes that are frivolous or pernicious. Secondly, to render her the attractive companion of man, and to put her into communication with the world of mind; not indeed to explore it, but to tread its beaten paths in all directions. And lastly, and as a special object, female education should keep in view a woman's probable destination to teach what she has learned. This latter intention may justify some more exact and arduous methods of study than otherwise would appear to be necessary. And let me be allowed to remind parents, that however secure may be to-day their possession of affluence, and however unlikely it may seem that their daughters should be compelled to look to their accomplishments as the means of independence, it is a wise caution to fit them for a possible reverse of fortune.—Taylor's "Home Education."
What sub-type of article is it?
Education
Feminism
What keywords are associated?
Female Education
Women's Intellectual Development
Teaching Preparation
Financial Caution
What entities or persons were involved?
Taylor's "Home Education"
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Intentions Of Female Education
Stance / Tone
Advocatory And Cautionary
Key Figures
Taylor's "Home Education"
Key Arguments
Vivify Intellectual Tastes In Women For Personal Happiness And Exclude Frivolous Ones
Render Women Attractive Companions To Men And Connect Them To The World Of Mind
Prepare Women For Probable Role As Teachers, Justifying Rigorous Study
Advise Parents To Educate Daughters For Potential Financial Independence