Both texts also advocate the education of women, a controversial topic at the time and one which she would return to throughout her career, most notably in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
Begge taler de for, at kvinder bør kunne uddanne sig, et kontroversielt emne på den tid, og et som hun stadigt kom tilbage til i løbet af sin litterære karriere, mest mærkbart i A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.