This fascinating historical study examines the founding and early years of the Society to Encourage Studies at Home, an innovative educational organization for women founded in 1873 by Anna Eliot Ticknor. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other archival sources, the author offers a richly-detailed portrait of this pioneering institution and its impact on women's education in America.

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