The Learned Lady in England, 1650-1760

CONTENTS

I.	Learned Ladies in England before 1650	1
	1. Prefatory Statement	1
	2. Period of Henry VIII and Elizabeth	4
	3. Period from 1603 to 1650	23
	4. Schools for Girls before 1660	37
II.	Learned Ladies in England from 1650 to 1760	46
	1. An Introductory Group in the Years 1650-1675	46
	2. The Century following the Restoration	81
	Actresses	81
	Artists	84
	Authors	88
	Writers on Practical Subjects	89
	Writers on Religion and Theology	92
	Writers on Practical Beneficence	118
	Dramatic Writers	127
	General Learning and Literary Work	137
III.	Education	258
	1. Boarding-Schools for Girls	258
	2. Charity Schools	268
	3. Higher Education	271
IV.	Miscellaneous Books on Women in Social and Intellectual Life	316
V.	Satiric Representations of the Learned Lady in Comedy	372
	Summary	420
	Bibliography	457
	Index	477

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