Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1 Page: 254 of 444
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214 FEMALE EDUCATION IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Britain and Massachusetts in the education of females,
and strongly urged the necessity of an improvement
in this respect, for the benefit of the
rising generation. In the United States, even more
than in Britain, it is of great importance not only to
families, but to the State, that mothers should be well
instructed, because in Americathe fathers are too busy
to devote proper attention to the education of their
children, and the formation of early habits and opinions
depends to a very great extent on the mothers.
Female Education in Massachusetts.-This subject
strongly engages the attention of the enlightened
women of Boston themselves. Mrs Hale edites
a work named " The American Ladies' Magazine,"
now united with " The Ladies' Book," in which
some excellent essays on it have appeared. But the
State neglects its duty in this respect. No legislative
or public provision has been made for female
education, except the privilege of attending the common
schools. There are in the United States upwards
of eighty public colleges, or seminaries, for
the instruction of young men in the higher branches
of education, many of them richly endowed, and all
receiving support to a greater or less extent from
public funds; while not a single seminary has been
endowed, or permanently established in Massachusetts,
by legislative liberality, for the education of
young women in the superior walks of knowledge.
When I visited Berlin in 1837, I was informed by
a gentleman who took a deep interest in public instruction,
that an error in the Prussian system had
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/254/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.