The Education of Women, by Daniel Defoe

<p>Lack of education, writes Defoe, makes a woman "turbulent, clamorous, noisy – " Defoe defied his generation and preached equal education for women. To-day we have co-education, but have we the benefits Defoe predicted? (Volume 27, Harvard Classics)</p> <p>Defoe pilloried for defiance of public opinion, July 31, 1703.</p>