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Quotation from Essays on Education in a Republic by Benjamin Rush
“The equal share that every citizen has in the liberty, and the possible share he may have in the government of our country, make it necessary that our ladies should be qualified to a certain degree by a peculiar and suitable education, to concur in instructing their sons in the principles of liberty and government.”
Essays on Education in a Republic, Thoughts upon Female Education, circumstance IV (Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical (1798), Text Creation Partnership transcription)
The fourth of the American circumstances that, Rush argues, call for a distinct education for women.
Citation: "The equal share that every citizen has in the liberty, and the possible share he may have in the government of our country, make it necessary that our ladies should be qualified to a certain degree by a peculiar and suitable education, to concur in instructing their sons in the principles of liberty and government." — Benjamin Rush, Essays on Education in a Republic, Thoughts upon Female Education, circumstance IV (Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical (1798), Text Creation Partnership transcription). (id rush-essays-on-education-in-a-republic-q7)
Portrait: Portrait of Benjamin Rush, Charles Willson Peale, Public domain.
