Sabrina Sidney (1757--1843), was a British foundling girl taken in when she was 12 by author Thomas Day, who wanted to mould her into his perfect wife, inspired by Rousseau's "Emile, or On Education".
Sabrina Sidney (1757--1843), was a British foundling girl taken in when she was 12 by author Thomas Day, who wanted to mould her into his perfect wife. In 1769 Day took Sabrina and another girl to France to begin methods of education inspired by Rousseau's "Emile, or On Education".