Edinburgh clubs and societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… . Peter Clark, British Clubs and Societies, 1580-1800. The Origins of an Associational World. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), p.131. 2 . Murray Pittock, Enlightenment in a Smart City, Edinburgh’s Civic Development, 1660-1750 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019), p. 197. Gendered social places? They were meeting places for gentlemen. Women remained absent from these … era, some societies, such as the Select Society (1754), the Pantheon (1773) and the Belles Lettres Society (1759), expressed concern about the place of women in societies; although some accepted them, ladies were not given the chance to …
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