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The Education of Women, by Daniel Defoe

Aug 01, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 669
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Lack of education, writes Defoe, makes a woman "turbulent, clamorous, noisy – " Defoe defied his generation and preached equal education for women. To-day we have co-education, but have we the benefits Defoe predicted? (Volume 27, Harvard Classics)

Defoe pilloried for defiance of public opinion, July 31, 1703.

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