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Harriet Martineau

The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so.

Harriet Martineau

Marriage

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Harriet Martineau is saying that the main goal of educating women in America and England is to prepare them to focus entirely on getting married. She also points out that women are expected to act as if marriage is not their only aim, even though it really is.

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