Why then should women be denied the benefit of instruction? If knowledge and understanding had been useless additions to the sex, God Almighty would never have given them capacities.

Daniel Defoe

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Topic

Women's rights Education Women

Author

Daniel Defoe

Source

Of Academies: An Academy for Women An Essay Upon Projects

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1697 1690s 17th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Defoe, Daniel. "Of Academies: An Academy for Women." An Essay Upon Projects. London: Tho. Cockerill, 1697.

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