An Unfortunate Mother’s Advice to Her Absent Daughters (1761) was written by Lady Sarah Pennington in the form of a letter to the children who had been taken from her after she asked for a separation from her husband. She wrote the book as a way of reaching out to her daughters after her husband had denied her any contact with them. It was a manual of conduct for young women that covered religion, prayer, dress, needlework, the theatre, marriage, dancing, and other "feminine" pursuits. She also advised her daughters not to bow to “his” command when the time came to marry. The book was widely read and much reprinted.
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