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“Bringing up Children Is a Serious and Important Matter”: Soledad Acosta de Samper and the Discourse on Education and Maternity

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  • Azuvia Licón Villalpando Universidad de los Andes
No. 7 (2016): Octubre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-4862.2016.43531

Abstract

Women’s education was one of the main concerns of Colombian 19th century thinkers. Whereas traditional discourse established that women should be educated because they would become mothers, Soledad Acosta de Samper (1833-1913) and her magazine La Mujer (1878-1881) suggest an alternative education model in which they should be educated to become mothers. Appealing to the hygienist discourse, Acosta establishes that motherhood requires specific knowledge and training (and it is not intuitive) laying the foundations for women’s participation in new social spheres.

Keywords:

Soledad Acosta de Samper, women’s education, motherhood, hygiene, 19th century

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Licón Villalpando, A. (2016). “Bringing up Children Is a Serious and Important Matter”: Soledad Acosta de Samper and the Discourse on Education and Maternity. Meridional. Revista Chilena De Estudios Latinoamericanos, (7), pp. 35–54. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-4862.2016.43531
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