Brilliant Women: 18th-Century Bluestockings

by Lucy Peltz and Elizabeth Eger

During the 18th century a remarkable group of women formed the Bluestocking Salon, where women and men met to debate contemporary ideas and promote the life of the mind. Together, these cultural innovators helped forge new roles for women as influential thinkers, writers, and artists, and their creative achievements were publicly celebrated.

Richly illustrated with portraits, prints, and personal artifacts, Brilliant Women...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300141033
• ISBN13: 9780300141030
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 10.7"