Examples of Catharine Maria Sedgwick in the following topics:
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- Especially influential were the writings of Lydia Maria Child, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, and Lydia Sigourney; by the 1840s, these New England writers became respected models and were advocates for improving education for females for the purpose of promoting the values of republicanism.
- Lydia Maria Child, pictured above, helped popularize the idea of "Republican Motherhood," which called for improved education for females.
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- Influential, too, at this time were the writings of Lydia Maria Child, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, and Lydia Sigourney, who, by equating a successful republic with virtuous families, portrayed Republican Motherhood as a principle that united both state and family.