Observations on the Importance of Female Education, and Maternal Instruction, with their Beneficial Influence on Society. Designed to be Used as a Class Book.

[ Mott, , Abigail, later Abigail Mott Moore.] MOTT, James, [contributor].

Verlag: New York: Printed and Sold by Mahlon Day, 1827.

Beschreibung

Abigail Mott Moore (1795ÊÐ 1846) and her brother James Mott were Quaker abolitionists and activists. Both Moore and Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793 Ð 1880), JamesÕ wife, were crucial figures in the suffrage movement of their day, with Lucretia serving as the lead speaker at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. James was the chair of the Convention. Twelvemo. 5], 6-84, [3], 4-24, [1], 4-24, [2 index] pp. With two appendices by James Mott: ÒBrief Hints to Parents & General PrinciplesÓ and ÒHints to Young People.Ó The former appendix has its own half-title, but the latter does not (as issued). Despite odd pagination, work is complete. PublisherÕs dark brown cloth. Cloth chipped away at head of spine. Some soiling to cloth and rubbing to extremities. Foxing throughout. A good copy of a book by Abigail Mott Moore and James Mott, the sister-in-law and husband of Lucretia Mott, respectively. Second edition, expanded with the appendices by James Mott (1788 Ð 1868). First published by Mahlon Day in 1825. All editions are rare in commerce. advocated for womenÕs education and new approaches to teaching children. James also wrote Observations on the Education of Children (1816), which advocated for a kind, respectful approach to teaching and raising children that respected them as rational beings. Moore also authored Remarks on the Present Mode of Educating Females: Being a Copious Abridgement of Miss Hannah MoreÕs Strictures on Female Education (1825) and Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour (1826), which collected first-person narratives that Moore had supposedly heard from Black and Native people during her travels. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 17302

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Titel: Observations on the Importance of Female ...

Verlag: New York: Printed and Sold by Mahlon Day, 1827.

Einband: Hardcover