 Although there is definitely a feminist background to Grouchy’s Letters, one which reflects her husband’s 1790 paper on the inclusion of women to the rights of the city, and perhaps in fact inspired that paper, it does not have a clear or central feminist agenda. Humanity in general is the focus of her discussion; women are explicitly included in the arguments (indeed, the very first teacher of sympathy is the wet-nurse, the most prominent example given of a good teacher is Sophie’s own mother, and mothers and fathers are equally enjoined to participate in a child’s proper education) but they are not given separate consideration. In her discussion of family law, she does mention reforms that would affect women more particularly.