Thoughts on the Education of Daughters
Thoughts on the Education of Daughters is a book written by feminist and philospher Mary Wollstonecraft. It was published by Joseph Johnson in 1787.
The book argues that women should be allowed education just like men.
Thoughts On The Education Of Daughters Media
First page of the first edition of Thoughts (1787)
Detail from Rebecca Solomon's The Governess (1851)
Title page from the first edition of Hester Chapone's Letters (1773), one of the most popular conduct books at the time Wollstonecraft was writing Thoughts
John Locke, author of Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693), painted by Godfrey Kneller in 1697
Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie (c. 1791)
