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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Part 1

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

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Heiress Podcast - The Dripping of Jewels of Your Lady Folk

There were several prominent men of this time married to women who, in everyone's opinion, much smarter than themselves. But there was one man in particular whose admiration for her turned into something deeper. He unwillingly got dragged into the half that was very attracteve to her - against his better judgment. And i am so reminded of mary lincoln. We know from jane austen that unmarried ladies do not correspond with gentlemen until they are engaged to them. But letters to the man's sister, or from the man’s sister, were perfectly acceptable.

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