Early Modern Women's Work examines the contributions of female writers, artists, scientists, religious leaders, and patrons who engaged in entrepreneurial, intellectual, and emotional labor in German-speaking Europe.

Introduction: Early Modern Women's Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice

Chapter One: Emotional Labor: The Work of Mourning

Chapter Two: Acts of Faith: Maternality and Management

Chapter Three: Writing for Your Life: Refuge and Precarity

Chapter Four: Collaborations: Engendering Literary Identities

Chapter Five: Kinship: "Amateurs" of Nature and Imitation

Conclusion: Early Modern Lexicons: Gendered Communities and Social Justice

Selected Readings

Index