PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Mary Anne O'Neil is professor emerita of French at Whitman College and author of La France et la francophonie: Conversations with Native Speakers and From Babel to Pentecost: The Poetry of Pierre Emmanuel.
"""O'Neil's book gives educators, historians, and Francophiles an opportunity to discover the Ursuline nuns' 'motherly' teaching method that encourages girls to develop their intellectual gifts as they prepare to become wives, mothers, and contributing members of society.""--Dolliann Hurtig, Louisiana Tech University ""In this cogent and elegantly written study, Mary Anne O'Neil expertly situates these guidelines in their original context and chronicles their evolution over a period of more than three centuries. Crowning the volume is O'Neil's highly readable translation of the 1705 edition of the Regulations. Touching on everything from preparation for First Communion to organization of the lunchroom, this crisp English rendering of the Regulations gives us precious insight into the lives of the girls and women who were part of the Ursuline convent schools.""--John R. Iverson, Whitman College ""Mary Anne O'Neil's study of Les R�glemens des religieuses Ursulines, a foundational document in French pedagogy, will be of great value for cultural and intellectual historians as well as educators.""--Catharine Savage Brosman, Tulane University"
