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Epistolary and Emotional Education: The Letters of an Irish Father to His Daughter, 1747-1752
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Ruberg, Willemijn – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2008
The letters Bishop Edward Synge (1691-1762) wrote to his daughter Alicia (1733-1807) in 1747-1752 are discussed to show how correspondence from a father to a daughter could be used to teach a teenage girl how to spell and write letters. Moreover, these letters are an excellent source to show how emotional behaviour was taught. Instructions on…
Descriptors: Parents as Teachers, Fathers, Daughters, Womens Education