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I agree with Mary regarding Rush's lecture on female education. Girls were actually going to be challenged academically in all of the subjects they formerly were kept away from. What intrigued me about this lecture, however, is that it was aimed towards men in the audience and not actually the girls who would be undergoing this new academic change. And not only was it directed at men, but at men of a much higher social class who would be in charge of allowing this change to happen. It really shows how the elite were coming into play and actually becoming a threat to the rest of the colonists. (I also enjoy that he refused to let students study French, but that's a bit off-topic) - Kelly Wuyscik | I agree with Mary regarding Rush's lecture on female education. Girls were actually going to be challenged academically in all of the subjects they formerly were kept away from. What intrigued me about this lecture, however, is that it was aimed towards men in the audience and not actually the girls who would be undergoing this new academic change. And not only was it directed at men, but at men of a much higher social class who would be in charge of allowing this change to happen. It really shows how the elite were coming into play and actually becoming a threat to the rest of the colonists. (I also enjoy that he refused to let students study French, but that's a bit off-topic) - Kelly Wuyscik | ||
| − | While it was refreshing to see a man so early in his time argue that women should be allowed to have the same amount of education and that they are capable of it, it seemed that he wanted them to have the education only so they could help the men. He says "They (women) must be the stewards and guardians of their husbands' property" (131), "There are certain occupations in which she may assist her husband with this knowledge..."(III 132) ".. there by qualify her not only for a general intercourse with the world but to be an agreeable compannion for a sensible man.." (IV 132) and my favorite, "If men believe that ignorance is | + | While it was refreshing to see a man so early in his time argue that women should be allowed to have the same amount of education and that they are capable of it, it seemed that he wanted them to have the education only so they could help the men. He says "They (women) must be the stewards and guardians of their husbands' property" (131), "There are certain occupations in which she may assist her husband with this knowledge..."(III 132) ".. there by qualify her not only for a general intercourse with the world but to be an agreeable compannion for a sensible man.." (IV 132) and my favorite, "If men believe that ignorance is favorable to the government of the female sex, they are certainly deceived, for a weak and ignorant woman will always be governed with the greatest difficulty." (133) So it sounds like to me that Rush is saying men need women to be educated to help men in affairs and to make women more easily governed. -- Emily Miller |
I though that it was interesting how in Esther DeBerdt's "Sentiments of an American Woman", she freely admits that women have "...feeble hands..." (115). I would have thought that a comment like that would be more likely to come from a man of that time and not a woman. ~Katherine S.~ | I though that it was interesting how in Esther DeBerdt's "Sentiments of an American Woman", she freely admits that women have "...feeble hands..." (115). I would have thought that a comment like that would be more likely to come from a man of that time and not a woman. ~Katherine S.~ | ||
