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A unique and influential public figure in her time, Hannah More (1745-1833) was a prolific writer. This study, published in 1799, is her definitive work on women's education and was enormously successful, going through thirteen editions by 1826 and selling over 19,000 copies. The work outlines More's belief that women's education and conduct determined the moral state of a nation, reflecting her acceptance of eighteenth-century views on the status and education of women. Large sections of the book are devoted to the importance of religion, and this provides the context for More's discussions of conversation, fashionable life and public amusements, and 'the moral benefits of accuracy in language'. More's conservative stance on women's rights make a fascinating contrast to more liberal works of the age, including Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women. For more information on this author, see http: //orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=moreha