Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-322) and index.
Contents
1. The female philosopher -- 2. The chimera of womanhood -- 3. For the love of God -- 4. Wollstonecraft and British radicalism -- 5. Perfecting civilisation -- 6. Gallic philosophesses -- 7. Woman versus the polity -- 8. The female citizen -- 9. Jemima and the beginnings of modern feminism -- Epilogue : the fantasy of Mary Wollstonecraft.
