This well-researched narrative brings to life the Bluestockings — an influential group of eighteenth‑century British intellectual women who held salons and challenged the norms of their time. Through vivid biographies of figures such as Elizabeth Montagu, Sarah Scott, Hester Thrale, and others, Gibson explores how these salons became crucibles for female education, cultural influence, and early feminist thought. Drawing on primary sources and scholarly insight, the book offers both historical detail and cultural context