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Priscilla Mason pointed out that women were not generally accepted in the Church, the Bar, and the Senate. I find it interesting that she would blame this on men... '''That it was men's fault. Maybe i'm just behind the times here... It seems to me that by blaming men, she would be blaming God for not allowing women to orate because it was the Bible that gave the men the idea, when it says that women shoudl not teach/preach to men.''' I suppose the society was just to far out of the religious stage though? --Jessica Lawrie | Priscilla Mason pointed out that women were not generally accepted in the Church, the Bar, and the Senate. I find it interesting that she would blame this on men... '''That it was men's fault. Maybe i'm just behind the times here... It seems to me that by blaming men, she would be blaming God for not allowing women to orate because it was the Bible that gave the men the idea, when it says that women shoudl not teach/preach to men.''' I suppose the society was just to far out of the religious stage though? --Jessica Lawrie | ||
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| + | I found this article very interesting because education for women was still very uncommon. However, both Molly Wallace and Priscilla Mason both express their opinions very clearly about the difference between the education of men and women. In both speeches made in consecutive years, I found it interesting that both clearly stated that what men learned was quite useless even though it was thought to be prestigious. These women felt that even though they did not learn as much, the information they learned was more useful, valuable, and essential than that information that was taught to the men. It was also very interesting because I was also able to infer from these speeches that they thought they had more to offer intellectually than the men based on the knowledge that they had gained during their education. At this time however, wouldn't it have still been a problem for these to speak out so openly about their opinions of education? Quincey Garcia | ||
== Mary Dewees Moves West to Kentucky, Journal 1788-1789 == | == Mary Dewees Moves West to Kentucky, Journal 1788-1789 == | ||
