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If it were customary to send little girls to school and teach them the same subjects as are taught to boys, they would learn just as fully and would understand the subtleties of all arts and sciences.

If it were customary to send little girls to school and teach them the same subjects as are taught to boys, they would learn just as fully and would understand the subtleties of all arts and sciences.

Approximate author period: c. 1397 AD · medieval

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Author or tradition
Christine de Pizan
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1397 AD · medieval
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Christine de Pizan, based on documented lifetime 1364 to 1430. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234816 (checked 2026-10-08). The death year is approximate in the authority description. This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234816 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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