Abstract
Abstract: In Letters for Literary Ladies Maria Edgeworth discusses the positive effects of women's exclusion from the division of labour. According to Edgeworth, their exemption from professional life grants women ‘leisure to be wise’. Drawing on Edgeworth's father's Essays on Professional Education, as well as on her novel Belinda, this article considers the extent to which intellectual capital can provide a viable alternative to the possession of either landed estate or professional skills. With reference to previous interrogations of the ‘separate spheres thesis’, this article suggests that domestic education is, in fact, informed by an ethic of professionalism.
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