Introduction: women and achievement, reality and rhetoric // 1. Women and the revolutionary era: negotiating public and private spaces, 1760s-early 1800s // 2. Women and literature: authorship, publication, audience // 3. Women and the arts: training, performance, fame // 4. Caring and power: from charity to social reform // 5. Extending education: learning and teaching // 6. From education to other professions // 7. Organizing for women’s rights: leaders and supporters // Epilogue: looking beyond 1914 // Further reading and reference works