Women and Achievement in Nineteenth-Century Europe (Hardcover)

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.