Developing ideologies of citizenship -- The woman question -- Admitted equals: art and letters -- On equal terms?: membership in the economic society -- Enacting citizenship -- Negotiating a female public: writers and reformers -- Public works: female citizens as mothers and workers -- Between reason and passion: citizenship in translation
Summary
In analysing the meaning of women's presence in these diverse centres of the Enlightenment, Smith offers a new interpretation of the dynamic relationships among political discourse, social action, and gender ideologies