What has Austen to say about the position of women in society and how does she convey her opinions on this topic from chapters one to ten?

"I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like," were Jane Austen's exact thoughts on her novel 'Emma', prior to writing it in 1816. And that is exactly what she proceeded to do. Jane Austen was influenced by the society at the time when she was writing, which was at the cusp of the Augustan era, where people had very set ways and abided to all rules, and the Romanticism era, …

…they were only valued for their beauty and passiveness. She also showed how the education system for women consisted not of strengthening a woman's intellectual capability, but rather how to be the "perfect wife". She used such techniques as satire, wit, and irony to portray these views, which were very effective. Her authorial tone throughout the novel also showed us what she thought about the certain issues depicted, in contrast to what the characters thought.