Angela Hunter holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Emory University. She teaches 18th and 19th-century studies and literary theory in the English Program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She has published on Louise Dupin, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Stendhal, and completed a novel translation related to the work of Derrida. Rebecca Wilkin holds a PhD in French from the University of Michigan. She teaches at Pacific Lutheran University in French & Francophone Studies and in the International Honors Program. She has published on Descartes and Cartesians, Elisabeth of Bohemia, François Poulain de la Barre, Gabrielle Suchon, and Louise Dupin. Her most recent projects involve understanding early modern feminist writing as political philosophy.

• AcknowledgmentsNotes on Selection and TranslationReader's OrientationChronology Part I: ScienceArticle 1. Observations on the Equality of the Sexes and on their DifferenceArticle 2. On GenerationArticle 3. On TemperamentArticle 4. On StrengthArticle 5. Animal and Plant Analogies Part II: History and ReligionArticle 12. Foreword on HistoryArticle 13. On Ancient HistoryArticle 18. On Turkey and PersiaArticle 20. Other CountriesArticle 21. On the History of FranceArticle 8. On the Discipline of the ChurchArticle 10. On the State of Monastic Orders since the Council of Trent Part III: LawArticle 27. Foreword on LawsArticle 28. On Salic Law, Considered as A Law Article 29. On Different Forms of Roman Marriage, on the Property Rights that MarriedWomen Enjoyed, and On Marriage TodayArticle 30. On the Power of Husbands; On the Prerogatives that the Law Grants-andCould Grant-to Married WomenArticle 32. On Adultery and its PunishmentArticle 36. On Tutorships and TestimonyArticle 37. On Rape Part IV: Education and MoresArticle 22. Foreword on MoresArticle 23. On EducationArticle 39. The Effects of Education on MoralsArticle 40. Further Reflections on EducationArticle 42. Education in MarriageArticle 45. On the Spirit of General ConversationArticle 46. Observations on the Spirit of Theater AppendicesAppendix A. Work On Women Articles and Manuscript PiecesAppendix B. Anicet Sénéchal's Inventory and Ordering of ManuscriptBibliography of Selected Secondary Sources