Pioneers - Edgeworth Maria Edgeworth in Letters for Literary Ladies focussed on the issue of womens education Themes: to enlighten judgement, cultivate understanding and increase domestic happiness and the delights of home and family In Practical Education written with her father, she detailed concern for the upbringing of young children from the earliest years, an upbringing which should be a gradual process of cultivating the moral instincts of the child, not just academic prowess.
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