What is it about?
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is commonly known for The Embassy Letters, the letter collection she wrote as a transatlantic woman while in Constantinople. This article portrays her in her full complexities of activities, which involve entrepreneurial skills, scientific and even vaccine inoculation. More than a literary woman, LMWM was setting the paths towards feminist grounds and equality.
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Why is it important?
It adds to LMWM's literary importance and also reframes the studies of past women.
Perspectives
The focus on past women's texts has been concentrated on their literary importance. It is high time that we research and analyze these writings in their overall relevance as science, philosophy, treats, and other major skills. I think women have been historically undermined, besides all the criticism they have already received throughout their lifetimes.
Dr Monica Mastrantonio
University of York
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This page is a summary of: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: the Epistolary Woman, Because Women Could Not Be Called Philosophers, Scientists, or Inventors, Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, November 2022, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/2666318x-bja00007.
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