Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy who lived from approximately 1660 to April 24, 1731.    Interestingly, only the Bible has been printed in more languages than his famous novel, Robinson Crusoe.  That being said, in his life Defoe produced more than three hundred works.  These ranged on topics from crime to psychology to religion and even economic journalism.   Among these work was a famous essay that is considered one of the best in Western Civilization.

The Education of Women can be read in full at:

http://www.bartleby.com/27/13.html

This work is not available online as an audiobook.  In light of that, I am providing a link to Moll Flanders as it speaks to Defoe’s perceptions of women: