French Women and the Age of Enlightenment

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only for making this book possible but also for his broad vision, his commitment to excellence, and his generous and unequivocal support of research in language and literature.I would like to recognize the important role of the University of Illinois library in making possible the research for my own chapter on "Women and Education." I was granted an extended loan of the rare and irreplaceable eighteenth-century works that were essential to my study. Throughout the years that the books were lent to me, I enjoyed the full cooperation and confidence of the library's professional and considerate personnel.Last but not least, I would like to express my affectionate gratitude to my husband, Bill, without whose total and uncompromising support this book could not have been brought to life.