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“It is not the business of a woman to be a profound theologian, but it is her business to know enough of religion to regulate her conduct.”

Connecting religious understanding with practical moral life · Essay on female education

About Hannah More

Hannah More

2 February 1745–7 September 1833

Hannah More was born on 2 February 1745 at Fishponds, then a village near Bristol in Gloucestershire, and died on 7 September 1833 at Clifton, Bristol. During her long life she became, in succession and sometimes simultaneously, a schoolteacher, playwright, poet, essayist, novelist, religious writer, philanthropist…

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