The Duty of American Women to their Country
by Catharine Esther Beecher
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About this eBook
- Author
- Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878
- Title
- The Duty of American Women to Their Country
- Credits
- Produced by Larry B. Harrison and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- LC: Education: Special aspects of education
- Subject
- Women teachers -- United States
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 53739
- Release Date
- December 16, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE DUTY OF AMERICAN WOMEN TO THEIR COUNTRY. — Sufferings of Little Children from Bad Schoolhouses. — Sufferings of Little Children from Want of Accommodations at School. — Sufferings of Little Children for Want of Pure Air. — Sufferings of Little Children from Cold, Heat, and Filth. — Sufferings of Little Children from Cruel and Improper Punishments. — Moral Injuries inflicted on Children at School.
- 2.A PLAN PROPOSED. — From the Hon. Thomas Burrowes, late Secretary of State in Pennsylvania. — From the Rev. Mr. Sturtevant, President of Illinois College. — From the Rev. Henry Beecher, of Indianapolis, Indiana. — The following is extracted from a letter from the Dr. Cornett spoken of above. — The following is from Judge Lane, of the Supreme Court of Ohio. — The following is from one of the leading Lawyers of Ohio. — The following is from E. C. Delavan, Esq., who has devoted so much of his time for several years to the cause of Temperance. — The following is from a Lawyer in Cincinnati. — The following extract from an address of Prof. Stowe, delivered at Portland in 1844, corroborates the views expressed by the author on the subject of moral training.
- 3.FOOTNOTES
- 4.NOTE A.
- 5.NOTE B. — Preface (for the American Housekeeper’s Receipt Book.)
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