The Pen and the Needle
Barker, Joanna M.
This book traces the history of the controversy over the education of women in the second half of the eighteenth century, and in particular the influence of Rousseau's Émile. "It includes extracts from the writings of men and women, both English and French, and introduces a variety of opinions, putting them in context and tracing the complex way¿ in which writers responded to Rousseau and also to each other's published views. It contains thirt...