Title
Ought women to learn the alphabet? 1859
Description
Series: Woman's Suffrage Tracts No. 4
Reprint: The Atlantic Monthly, February, 1859
In this essay, Higginson argues for educational and professional opportunities for women: "First give woman, if you dare, the alphabet, then summon her to her career: and though men, ignorant and prejudiced, may oppose its beginnings, there is no danger but they will at last fling around her conquering footsteps more lavish praises than ever..."
Reprint: The Atlantic Monthly, February, 1859
In this essay, Higginson argues for educational and professional opportunities for women: "First give woman, if you dare, the alphabet, then summon her to her career: and though men, ignorant and prejudiced, may oppose its beginnings, there is no danger but they will at last fling around her conquering footsteps more lavish praises than ever..."
Date
1859
Subject
Women--Education
Creator
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Publisher
Boston : American Woman Suffrage Association
Format
20, [3] p.
Language
English
Identifier
ALMS.1859.
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