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Mother’s Advice Books: Printed Writings 1641–1700: Series II, Part One, Volume 3 (The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimile Library of Essential ... Writings, 1641-1700: Series II, Part One) by Elizabeth Richardson Cramond; Susanna Bell; John Pennyman; Mary Pennyman; Anthony Walker; Elizabeth Walker; Susan C Staub is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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A form of courtesy literature, Mother's Advice Books were texts written by mothers to instruct their children in religious, educational, and occasionally wordly matters. The three texts included in this volume, Elizabeth Richardson's A Ladies Legacie to her Davghters, Susanna Bell's The Legacy of a Dying Mother To Her Mourning Children, and the unattributed The Mothers Blessing, offer interesting alternatives to the many published male views of the family from the period. Indeed, this volume features an appendix with two much shorter portions of predominantly male-authored texts: Mary Pennyman's letter to her children, published as part of John Pennyman's Instruction to his Children, and Elizabeth Walker's'For my Dear Children, Mrs.Margaret Walker and Elizabeth Walker', included in Anthony Walker's The Holy Life of Mrs. Elizabeth Walker. The fact that these women were mothers gave them an authority to write that other women were not easily granted, and it is clear that many of these works were written with publication in mind. In addition to giving women public status as authors, these books also enabled them to enter political and religious debates under the guise of offering advi

Author

Elizabeth Richardson Cramond; Susanna Bell; John Pennyman; Mary Pennyman; Anthony Walker; Elizabeth Walker; Susan C Staub

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781351964432

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Short Stories

Updated

2026-03-25