The education of the present race of females is not very favorable to domestic happiness. For my own part, I call education, not that which smothers a woman with accomplishments, but that which tends to consolidate a firm and regular system of character; that which tends to form a friend, a companion, and a wife.
Hannah More (1810). “Cœlebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and Morals”, p.14
