Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note to the Reader xiii
5. Introduction: The Century of Women 1
6. 1. The Debate 21
7. 2. The Very Fibre of Their Being: Antonio Conti's Materialist Argument for Women's Inferiority 49
8. 3. Palliated Resistance: Diamante Medaglia Faini on 'Which Studies Are Fitting for Women 69
9. 4. For the Public Good: tt Gaffed 'Defence of Women 87
10. 5. Counter-Discourse: La donna galante ed erudita 105
11. Conclusion 133
12. Notes 141
13. Works Cited 183
14. Index 199