After struggle, woman raised capital in Europe (6)
I believe the answer is:
vienna
'capital in europe' is the definition.
(capital of Austria)
'after struggle woman raised' is the wordplay.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'struggle' becomes 'vie' (to vie is to struggle or contend with).
'woman' becomes 'ann' (woman's name).
'raised' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in a down clue).
'ann' written backwards gives 'nna'.
'vie' next to 'nna' is 'VIENNA'.
(Other definitions for vienna that I've seen before include "Capital city on the Danube" , "Strauss 'Tales from the . . . . . . Woods'" , "City of Strauss and the waltz" , "sort of sausage" , "On the Danube, it was home to many great composers" .)