AF
's example apparently encouraged other women (Ellen Devis
in 1775 and Eleanor Fenn
in 1801) to publish grammars for children.
Rodriguez-Gil, Maria. “Deconstructing Female Conventions: Ann Fisher (1719-1778)”. Historiographia Linguistica: International Journal for the History of Language Sciences, Vol.
33
, No. 1-2, John Benjamins, 2006, pp. 11-38.
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