Pre-revolutionary years. Through vivid and engaging narratives, the realities of women in Ioannina, Athens, the Cyclades, Chios, and Hydra are critically explored.

The preparation for the struggle. In the aftermath of the European Enlightenment, Phanariot women and women of the emerging urban bourgeoisie engage in vibrant educational and cultural action.

The Revolution. Women in war. Through a variety of historical sources, the ways in which women acted in war, their auxiliary and sometimes combative activities are examined. Women as "burdens," women as "spoils," women in harems.

Renowned and famous women of 1821. Laskarina Bouboulina and Manto Mavrogenous. Their exceptional and unusual actions brought them out of obscurity and into the center of dramatic developments that transcended the social boundaries of their gender.

The mass captivities. Christian and Muslim women in the Peloponnese, Naousa, Chios, Psara, Kasos, and Athens were treated as war booty for exploitation and as commodities for profit.

Kapodistrias. Against the backdrop of the initial efforts to establish the Greek state, issues regarding the care of thousands of destitute refugees, the moral compensation and pensions for the widows of fighters, women's education, and the absence of women from political life and the constitutional texts of the struggle are addressed.

Ultimately, what changed in the lives of women from Ottoman society on the road to an independent Greek state? For the first time, a comprehensive and documented image of women's lives during the Revolution and the War of Independence is presented. Multiple aspects of the presence and participation of not only renowned, but also anonymous, everyday women, from the Ottoman world to the first Greek state, are examined.