Thoughts on Various Charitable and other important Institutions…to which is subjoined An Address to the Females of the Rising Generation…
[Philanthropy]. Cappe, Catharine. Thoughts on various charitable and other important institutions and on the best mode of conducting them. To which is subjoined an address to the females of the rising generation. Dedicated, by permission, to William Wilberforce, Esq. Printed by Thomas Wilson and Sons, High-Ousegate, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and Paternoster Row, and J. Hatchard, Piccadilly, London; and for Wilson and Sons, and J. and G. Todd, York, 1814.
8vo.; printed wrappers, sewn; top-edge darkened; fore-edges lightly foxed; spine worn; internally fine, pages crisp and bright.
First edition, with a four-page dedication to William Wilberforce, Esq., the British politician and philanthropist who published tracts on abolishing slavery and reversing moral decline through the teachings of New Testament doctrine. The pamphlet contains eight chapters, each addressing the effectiveness of different charitable institutions set up to benefit women. Cappe discusses the shortcomings of certain charity schools, hospitals and female apprenticeship programs and offers suggestions as to how these institutions could be improved. In the conclusion, Cappe notes that while women are “happily exempt” from the responsibilities of men, they have an important role in society, namely to use their “transcendent virtue” to set a “glorious example to surrounding peoples, and future generations, by the faithful discharge of every personal, every domestic, every social duty!” (p. 101). Four copies located by OCLC, three by RLC.
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