Bluestocking is an online journal that investigates the intellectual and artistic achievements of women throughout history. In The Second Sex, de Beauvoir (1949) argued that young women lack the stimulus of emulation in the pursuit of knowledge. Many would attribute this lack to restrictions placed upon women in history, and harbour the impression that these restrictions subsequently prevented women from achieving intellectually and artistically. In reality, womens involvement in the progress of all disciplines has been robust, and their influence only later discredited or stifled. Bluestocking acts as a base for critical and insightful research into the work of female thinkers, and thereby raises the profile of women as major figures within the history of creative thinking.
The funding for Bluestocking was kindly provided by The Big Boost. Bluestocking is edited and managed by students at the university of Oxford. Two issues of the journal are published online each term, so that six issues are published each year. The editorial team changes on a termly basis. Contributions from any individual are welcomed given that they meet the journals criteria, as judged by the editorial team.