The Power Of Education In John Roweson's Novel, Regrity '

Abigail Adams spoke for the women in America in her letters to her husband, who had to power to give women rights. She specifically told him to “not forget the ladies.” Nevertheless, her plea went unheard. It would take women a long time to gain momentum in their quest for rights. It wasn 't until the 1840’s when it started becoming a major focus. In Roweson 's novel, Sincerity, many women 's rights ideologies are present. Education is one of them. Like many movements, which became political, there was a mixture of opinions. It seemed like many supported the idea of women’s education based on the articles read through the American Periodicals database.
In the article, "Addressed to the editor of a London Periodical Work," it seems as if the

Possessed of an ardent imagination, it may easily be conceived that works of fancy were read with uncommon pleasure; but this was not the worst, she read books of religious controversy, nor did the pernicious writings of fashionable sceptics escape. Her mind eager in the pursuit of information, embraced it with avidity, in whatever shape it offered itself. Nor is it surprising that from such a heterogeneous jumble, her ideas became a chaos of romantic sensibility, enthusiastic superstition, and sceptical boldness; yes, contrary as those sentiments are, they each in turn, predominated in the mind of Sarah (Rowson 7).
When Sarah read, her imagination went wild. Just think, if women had the same privileges Sarah had, then they would ban together to challenge the dogmas society had towards them. Men would, for the most part, lose their supremacy. The focus in the next article is on women 's character. The author tries to connect women 's education to women 's

According to the writer of "Traits of Women", "By education and company, as the class by the hand of the potter, they are moulded into pleasing or disgusting forms" (1). So, women are like clay. They are shaped and reshaped based on what they have learned or who they interact with. The following quote, "The character of women, more if possible than that of men, is formed by their education and the company they keep" (Traits of Women 1), re-enforces the ideology that was in the previous quote. This quote seems like it is insinuating that women are mentally weak. The author believes women should have the right to reason through things, however, society doesn 't allow for that to happen. For the most part people can reason through common problems. In "On the Education of Young Women," the author feels that it 's okay to let women to use reason. According to the article, "...young women should be encouraged to reason upon their sentiments...If young women would reason a little more upon their preferences and their aversions, we should see fewer affairs of gallantry, and more marriages of inclination" (anonymous 1). The first part of this quote is an oxymoron because it makes it look like men want women to reason things through, however reality said otherwise. As for the last part of the quote, the writer was not thinking at all. Why is the author blaming the women for society 's expectations of men? Because