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WAKEFIELD, Priscilla (1751-1832). Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex; with suggestions for its improvement. London: J. Johnson, 1798. 8° (170 x 97mm). (Title lightly browned, a few leaves browned at edges, one with marginal repair, final leaf bound in backwards.) 20th-century blind-panelled morocco, spine gilt lettered.
FIRST EDITION. Priscilla Wakefield wrote seventeen books in the developing field of children's literature. In this her one book for an adult audience, she called for more educational and occupational opportunities for women, without contesting either the division of society into social classes or gendered ideas about the 'female character'.
FIRST EDITION. Priscilla Wakefield wrote seventeen books in the developing field of children's literature. In this her one book for an adult audience, she called for more educational and occupational opportunities for women, without contesting either the division of society into social classes or gendered ideas about the 'female character'.