Susannah Gibson has researchef her topic very thoroughly and makes the era of salons run by intelligent women come alive. Her narrative is engaging and draws the readers in. I enjoyed reading this title.

Well-researched and thorough! The narratives of these historical figures are well-told with a nice amount of primary and secondary sources, giving the work the right academic tone and structure with a lovely story-telling element.

The amazing stories of the women who defied convention and the 18th century patriarchy to give themselves the education they wanted and show the world a woman wasn’t lesser than a man.