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 ILLUSTRATIONS LADY JANE GREY _Frontispiece_ THE FAMILY OF SIR THOMAS MORE 10 MARY SIDNEY, COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE 22 ANNE CLIFFORD, COUNTESS OF DORSET, PEMBROKE, AND MONTGOMERY 32 MARY WARD 38 MARGARET CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE 46 From Horace Walpole's _Royal and Noble Authors_ MARGARET CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE 52 From _The Lives of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, and of his Wife, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle_ MRS. KATHERINE PHILIPS 56 MRS. LUCY HUTCHINSON AND HER SON 70 LADY FANSHAWE 74 MRS. ANNE KILLIGREW 86 MRS. APHRA BEHN 130 ELIZABETH ELSTOB 170 THE SUPPOSED EDITORS OF _THE FEMALE SPECTATOR_, BY MRS. ELIZA HAYWOOD 216 MISS ELIZABETH CARTER 256 MRS. BATHSUA MAKIN 276 THE LEARNED LADY IN ENGLAND CHAPTER I LEARNED LADIES IN ENGLAND BEFORE 1650 1. PREFATORY STATEMENT