A Father's Legacy to His Daughters

A Father's Legacy to his Daughters is a book, written by Dr John Gregory (1724 – 1773), Scottish physician, medical writer and moralist.

[1][2] Dr Gregory wrote A Father's Legacy to his Daughters after the death of his wife in 1761, in order to honour her memory and record her thoughts on female education.

[3] A Father's Legacy to His Daughters advises parents and women on religion, moral conduct, friendship and interactions with men, with a focus on marriage.

Mary Wollstonecraft would later attack these principles in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), arguing that Gregory's advice amounted to nothing more than deceit on the part of women.

There was an 1801 edition printed by Warner and Hanna for John Conrad and Company, which was published in Baltimore.