Elizabeth Peabody — writer and educator
- Creator(s):
- Peabody, Elizabeth
- Title:
- Sabbath lessons, or, An abstract of sacred history: to which is annexed, a geographical sketch of the principal places mentioned in sacred history
- Publication/Origin:
- Salem, Massachusetts: Printed by Thomas C. Cushing, 1810
- Description:
- Eliza Palmer Peabody was a writer and educator. After her marriage, she started a household school that abandoned the rote recitation used in boys’ schools and instead encouraged a conversational model. She instilled in her pupils a belief in women and men’s equal capability as learners and in “the paramount importance of women to American civilization.” The class materials she developed were subsequently published. Her three daughters—Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Sophia Hawthorne, and Mary Peabody Mann—were each notable in their own right.
- Citation:
- Peabody, Elizabeth, Sabbath lessons, or, An abstract of sacred history: to which is annexed, a geographical sketch of the principal places mentioned in sacred history, Salem, Massachusetts: Printed by Thomas C. Cushing, 1810, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed April 18, 2024, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4085