Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 277 Various Verschillende Various, Various The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Tonya Allen and PG Distributed Proofreaders "The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859" by Various is a literary and political magazine published in the mid-19th century. The publication includes a range of articles and essays addressing contemporary societal issues, one of the key topics being the role of women in society and education. The issue likely aims to engage its readers in a critical dialogue about women's rights during a period when these discussions were gaining momentum. The opening of this volume presents a sharp examination of the question, "Ought women to learn the alphabet?" It reviews historical and contemporary arguments regarding women's education, quoting various thinkers and legal texts to highlight the societal constraints placed on women in terms of knowledge and autonomy. The author references a satirical proposal by the Frenchman Sylvain Maréchal, who argued against women learning, juxtaposing this with progressive changes in women's legal rights in America at the time. The piece sets the stage for a consequential debate about women’s intellectual capabilities, societal roles, and the push for equality, revealing growing tensions regarding gender assumptions and the evolving landscape of women’s rights. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en American periodicals AP Text The Atlantic Monthly Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Journalism/Media/Writing Browsing: Literature 563018 2025-06-20T20:18:00.488702 text/html 562985 562877 2024-11-05T10:12:57.248631 2023-10-05T09:55:10.036333 text/html text/html 311507 2025-06-20T20:18:20.398591 application/epub+zip 318432 2025-06-20T20:18:09.998681 application/epub+zip 288769 2025-06-20T20:18:04.706650 application/epub+zip 554633 2025-06-20T20:18:29.228555 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 520223 2025-06-20T20:18:19.428602 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387577 2022-09-06T04:01:22.419330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 518369 2025-06-20T20:17:59.853678 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 498563 2024-10-28T18:47:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11393 2025-06-20T20:18:29.380538 application/rdf+xml 16134 2025-06-20T20:18:09.136655 image/jpeg 3689 2025-06-20T20:18:08.851654 image/jpeg 306354 2025-06-20T20:18:00.539712 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog