"The Dreamer No. VI"
| Title | "The Dreamer No. VI" |
| Year for Search | 1789 |
| Authors | Sophronia, [pseud.] |
| Secondary Title | The Massachusetts Magazine or Monthly Museum (Boston, MA) |
| Volume / Edition | 1.6 |
| Pagination | 370-73 |
| Date Published | June 1789 |
| Annotation | Tells of a visit to the “Massachusetts Publick Female Academy” and hearing a speech by the “Preceptress General.” She states that apparent differences in intellect between men and women are not based on inherent differences but on the fact that men are educated, and women are not. In doing so, she refers specifically to women from “a lower sphere” who are kept from learning the skills needed to efficiently run a home, raise children, and support herself and them if necessary. The visitor notes that the library contains only useful books and not “a singly Novel or Romance” (370) |
| Pseudonym | Sophronia [pseud.] |
| Full Text | 1789 Sophronia [pseud.]. “The Dreamer No. VI.” The Massachusetts Magazine or Monthly Museum (Boston) 1.6 (June 1789): 370-73. Tells of a visit to the “Massachusetts Publick Female Academy” and hearing a speech by the “Preceptress General.” She states that apparent differences in intellect between men and women are not based on inherent differences but on the fact that men are educated, and women are not. In doing so, she refers specifically to women from “a lower sphere” who are kept from learning the skills needed to efficiently run a home, raise children, and support herself and them if necessary. The visitor notes that the library contains only useful books and not “a singly Novel or Romance” (370). |
