Revisioning Romanticism: towards a women's history of progressive thought 1780–1850.

Discusses the history of women's progressivism in Great Britain and shows where it does and does not connect with Romanticism. Establishment of the kindergarten or Froebel movement as essentially a woman's movement; Principal claims made by the Baroness Marenholtz-Bulow in her pamphlet entitled 'Women's Educational Mission'; Educational role of women in forming a liberal society; Instinctual gifts and special nature of womanhood.