STRICTURES

ON

FEMALE EDUCATION.

CHIEFLY AS IT RELATES TO THE
CULTURE OF THE HEART.

IN FOUR ESSAYS.

BY THE REV. JOHN BENNETT.

" SOLE PARTNER, AND SOLE PART OF ALL
THESE JOYS,
"DEARER THYSELF THAN ALL."--MIL.

EST QUODDAM PRODIRE TENUS, SI NON
DATUR ULTRA.--HOR.

PRINTED AT WORCESTER,
BY ISAIAH THOMAS, JUN.

SOLD AT HIS BOOKSTORE SIGN OF
Johnson’s Head.
1795.

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Like other writers of the period who encouraged education for women, the Reverend John Bennett of the Church of England considered educated women very necessary to keeping a civilized and free society.

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