Report, if you have a problem with this page“ …the traditional family structure that More supported in her writings enabled women to 'be intelligent, rational, virtuous, and noble creatures, capable of great intellectual and moral achievements. They had the potential for immense influence on their husbands and sons, on their relations, their servants, and the poor.' More held, therefore, … 'the ideal of rational domesticity helped to liberate the individual within a supportive family framework. ”
Karen Swallow Prior
From : Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet
