Brilliant women : 18th-century bluestockings

Title:

Author:

Eger, Elizabeth.

Peltz, Lucy.

National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)

ISBN:

9781740666282

Publication Date as Range:

2008

Publication Information:

London : National Portrait Gallery, 2008.

General Note:

Published to accompany the exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 13 March to 15 June 2008.

Personal Subject:

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791.

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797.

More, Hannah, 1745-1833.

Subject Term:

Women intellectuals -- England -- History -- 18th century.

Language:

English

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During the 18th-century a remarkable group of women formed the Bluestocking Salon, where women, and men, met to debate contemporary ideas and to promote the life of the mind. Together, they helped forge new roles for women. This book pays tribute to the forgotten friendshipis and achievements, and esatblished their legacy.

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