"Palmer Tyler wrote her own childcare manual in 1811, where she explicitly laid out her vision of the ideal mother: 'To say nothing of our duty as citizens, while forming the future guardians of our beloved country, it is undoubtedly our duty as mothers to bring up our sons in such a manner as shall render them most useful and happy; and to bring up daughters to raise the following generation of upright sons.'"
— May 23, 2024 07:58AM
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