Femmes éminentes de l'âge : être des récits de la vie et des actes des femmes les plus importantes de la génération actuelle . les cours universitaires et universitaires ont été closedaarainst elle; ainsi, si une femme a parfois réussi à gagner la réputation d'un érudit, elle a été principalement dueto ses propres efforts sans aide, un triomphe de son génie personnel et de sa volonté. Nous sommes arrivés à un état de fait public maintenant, cependant, qui, en partie, du moins, accorde à towoman le droit d'entrer n'importe quel domaine de la littérature ou de l'art, qu'elle peut choisir; et, dans une certaine mesure, nous sommes fournissant avec cette aide

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Eminent women of the age : being narratives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present generation . ollegiate and University courses have been closedaarainst her; so that if occasionally a woman has succeededin gaining the reputation of a scholar, it has been mainly dueto her own unaided exertions, —a triumph of her personalgenius and will. We have reached a state of public senti-ment now, however, which, partially, at least, accords towoman the right to enter any field of literature or art, whichshe may choose; and, to a certain extent, we are furnishingher with such aids as for generations have been furnished forher brothers. Already we are gathering excellent fruits from this ad-vance made in our theory and system of womans culture.Our multiplied young ladies seminaries and collegiate insti-tutions, and still more our colleges and professional schoolsin which the two sexes are, to their mutual benefit, prosecut-ing together the studies which were formerly confined to onlyone of them, are important results already attained. Stillmaturer fruit we have, in the increasing numbers of. MRS. EMMA WILLAKD. 273 thoroughly educated women who are now prepared to oc-cupy chairs of instruction, once filled only by the most hon-ored alumni of our best universities. We are coming towelcome womans taste, and tact, and power, into every de-partment of our educational work, and we have much tohope from the new element thus introduced. Without at-tempting to name, even, the many eminent women whosepersonal attainments and services have contributed largelytowards this result, we shall, in this chapter, briefly sketchthe career of only two of them, who, by common consent, must be held to rank as pioneers in this most excellent work, . MRS. EMMA WILLARD. First among the women, still living, who have attaineclhigh rank as professional educators, must stand the name atthe head of this sketch. And this position Mrs. Willarddeserves, whether we regard her as a pionee

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