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25 de mai. de 2024 · Mary I of England (1516-1558) The eldest daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon, Mary I was a steadfast Catholic who sought to undo many of her father‘s religious reforms. Crowned England‘s first queen regnant in 1553 at the age of 37, Mary faced significant challenges to her legitimacy due to her gender and faith.
19 de mai. de 2024 · Mary Darby Robinson was not only praised in literary circles for her poetry but also for her works written in prose. The two best known examples are "A Letter to the Women of England" (1798) and "The Natural Daughter" (1799). Both her works are dealing with the role of women during the Romantic Era.
Há 4 dias · Mary Wollstonecraft ( / ˈwʊlstənkræft /, also UK: /- krɑːft /; [1] 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. [2] [3] Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships at the time, received more attention than her ...
Há 2 dias · Professor Bernard Capp, review of Women Letter-Writers in Tudor England, (review no. 654) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/654. Date accessed: 16 May, 2024. It is a truth universally acknowledged and documented many years ago by David Cressy, that women in early modern England had far lower rates of literacy than men.
Há 2 dias · Hi everyone! It’s Sophie Spruce, editor of Pride and Possibilities, here with a very special edition on Regency letter writing.For this issue, I’ll be interviewing Barbara Heller, curator of a special edition of Pride and Prejudice: The Complete Novel, with Nineteen Letters from the Characters' Correspondence, Written and Folded by Hand and Eleanor Rust, who has a PhD in Classics and a ...
18 de mai. de 2024 · Autor: Mary Robinson. Mary Robinson’s. This edition also includes: other writings by Mary Robinson (tributes, and an excerpt from. The Natural Daughter follows the story of Martha Morley, who defies her husband’s authority, adopts a found infant, is barred from her husband’s estate and is driven to seek work as an actress and ...
15 de mai. de 2024 · Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (born May 19, 1879, Danville, Virginia, U.S.—died May 2, 1964, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, England) was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons, known in public and private life for her great energy and wit.
