Index 335Burke, Edmund, 12, 140n, 256, 260,
280, 287, 292– 93, 300
Burney, Fanny, 249
Businesses, 177–78
Butler, Marilyn, 8
Butler, Samuel, 225, 293
Carter, Elizabeth, 248, 249, 250
Catherine II (the Great), 104n,
245n19, 293
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 272
Cave, Edward, 249
Centennial editions of A Vindica-
tion of the Rights of Woman, 12,
263 – 64, 272–79
Cerberus, 173, 293
Cervantes, Miguel de, 53, 293
Chapone, Hester, 132, 245n29, 247,
294
Character: and beauty, 97; develop-
ment of, 31, 77–78, 142– 48;
impact of early association of
ideas upon, 143 – 48; individuality
of, 97. See also French character
Chastity: and body as Temple of
God, 158; cultivation of, by both
men and women, 22, 154 –55,
234; Diana as goddess of, 158; as
feminine virtue, 22, 99, 152, 217,
244n12; Macaulay on, 166; men
and women mutually corrupting
and improving each other regard-
ing, 166 – 69, 225, 234; men’s lack
of and lack of respect for, 166 – 69,
195, 225; and modesty, 149,
152–53, 158, 244n12; physical
consequences of lack of, 167– 69;
and purity of mind, 150, 151; repu-
tation for, 162, 166, 217; Rousseau
on, 162. See also Modesty
Cheap Repository Tracts (More), 253
Chesterfi eld, Philip Dormer Stan-
hope, 4th Earl of, 84, 133, 294
Children: advice on child rearing,
95 – 96, 267; affection for, 110,
167, 171, 172, 180 – 82; affec-
tions of, 187, 188 – 89, 190, 193,
220; cunning of, 189; custody of,
following divorce, 14n6; deaths of
infants, 207– 8; discipline of, 181–
82, 199, 201–2; dress of, 94; duty
of, to parents, 182– 87; Fordyce
on, 121; formation of minds and
tempers of, 181, 222; friendships
of, 193; girls’ childhood and
play with dolls, 68, 69, 107– 9;
governesses for, 178; gracefulness
of, 120 –21; health of, 207– 8;
impact of mother’s weakness and
ignorance on, 208, 221–23; in-
nocence of, 46; mother’s suckling
of, 100, 172, 176, 182, 198, 208,
210, 223; obedience of, 131, 180,
183 – 87; parental affection for,
180 – 82; play of, 51, 69, 108 – 9;
of poor women, 103 – 4; religion
of, 114 –15; respect in parent-child
relations, 242; rights of, 8; Rous-
seau on, 68, 69, 107– 9, 116, 117;
and simple virtues, 187; slaves
compared with, 184, 185 – 86;
submission of, to reason, 186; sup-
port for, in left-handed marriage,
98; tyranny of, over servants, 222,
241; tyranny versus indulgence
in education of, 23, 74, 181,
185 – 86, 222, 241; widow’s care
for, 74 –77. See also Education;
Fatherhood; Motherhood; Parents
China, 63, 68