Châtelet’s scientific contributions were appreciated by some, then forgotten by all. But redeeming her as a mind shouldn’t ...

By Kennedy McCullough AN estimated 580 women couch surf, sleep in their cars or sleep rough every night on the Mornington ...

Drawing on original archival research, A Feminine Enlightenment argues that women writers shaped Enlightenment conversations regarding the role of sentiment and gender in the civilizing process. By ...

In “The Enlightenment’s Most Dangerous Woman,” Andrew Janiak, a professor of philosophy at Duke University, challenges the way Du Châtelet is remembered today. His emphasis is philosophical ...

Gabrielle Émilie le Tonnelier-de-Breteuil, known as the Marquise du Châtelet after her marriage at age 18, was a brilliant ...

A good example of this might be their entrance into freemasonry: the first women’s masonic lodges were established precisely during the Enlightenment. Women’s entry into other spheres of male activity ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login What role did gender play in the Scottish Enlightenment? Combining intellectual and cultural history, this book explores how men and women ...