Elizabeth Montagu

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Elizabeth Montagu


Born
in Yorkshire, England
October 02, 1718

Died
August 25, 1800


Elizabeth Montagu, (born Elizabeth Robinson) was an English social reformer, patron of the arts, salonist, literary critic, and writer who helped organize and lead the bluestocking society. Her parents were both from wealthy families with strong ties to the British peerage and intellectual life. She married Edward Montagu, a wealthy man with extensive holdings, to become one of the wealthiest women of her era. She devoted this wealth to fostering English and Scottish literature and to the relief of the poor.

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An Essay on the Writings an...

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Honourable Rebel: The Memoi...

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Letters of Mrs. Elizabeth M...

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“I am sorry to say the generality of women who have excelled in wit have failed in chastity.”
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