A woman having literary or intellectual interests WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Bluestocking is a term for an educated, intellectual woman, originally a member of the 18th-century Blue Stockings Society from England led by the hostess and critic Elizabeth Montagu, the "Queen of the Blues", including Elizabeth Vesey, Hester Chapone and the classicist Elizabeth Carter. Wikipedia

Educated, intellectual woman. Wikipedia Disambiguation

A member of the 18th-century Blue Stockings Society. Wiktionary