Tracing the “Political” in Women’s Work: Women of Letters in the Greek Cultural Space, 1800–1832

The life and work of female thinkers within the Greek cultural space in the beginning of the nineteenth century (1800–1832) allows a contextualization of the intellectual developments of the time surrounding the Greek revolution. By translating philosophical texts and pedagogical works, writing memoirs, and engaging in philhellenic activities, women of the upper classes who self-identified as Greek created spaces where they could participate politically. Examining their textual and non-textual attempts to do so, we gain a broader understanding of the societal and material restrictions they faced and their strategies to negotiate and navigate them. We also gain insight into the intellectual genealogy of the Greek Revolution as a pluralistic phenomenon.