female sociologist, to introduce economic topics into her writings. She was inspired to teach the principles of economics not by pressing them into a story, but by displaying their natural workings in selected phases of life. It followed a style resembling that of her previous book and likewise became popular. Marcet inherited considerable properties from her father in 1817. She and her husband moved to Geneva in the 1820s, but two years later Alexander died. Jane eventually returned in London, where she again drew together prominent intellectuals and bankers. Her later works largely focus on less-demanding topics and were intended in most cases for a younger audience. Further success came with the 1819 publication of Conversations on Natural Philosophy, which she had written before Conversations on Chemistry. She did not acknowledge herself as author until 1832. Her other notable books in the period included Mary's Grammar (1835_. Marcet's early anonymity left it open for male authors in the United States to supplement and issue their editions of Jane's work in their own invented language and place their names on the book's title page as authors. When Marcet published the 12th edition under her own name, it created a situation of chaos among the published books, but nothing happened in the end. Lack of international copyright laws meant Jane never received royalties for any US editions under the names of other authors. Marcet went on to publish several other popular works, including Conversations on Political Economy and Conversations on Plant Physiology, but none became as widely read as Conversations on Chemistry. With each successive edition, Marcet continued to update the book. She wrote to Michael Faraday in 1845, an esteemed writer and a member of the prestigious Royal Society, for detailed and expanded information on his research. He presented his latest breakthroughs to the woman who had first set him on his chemical journey. Scholarship and popularisation Jane Marcet spread knowledge by easing its creation, sharing and use. She created and maintained social and intellectual ties among scientists, elites, literary writers, economists and the wider public. She worked on the boundaries of various objects of discussion, from which knowledge flowed in all directions. Those showing respect for her ideas on political economy included Thomas Robert Malthus and James Mill. Willie Henderson tried to frame Jane as an educational broker, arguing that to change the perspectives of others' minds was "mere capitalist