Mary Delany [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… and Literature Practices > Reading & Writing Keywords Assemblies Bluestockings Correspondence Court Ireland Propriety Women Mary Delany (1700-1788) was born Mary Granville and educated so as to become a Lady of the Bedchamber. However, at … wished to do.' 6 Usually organised from January to April, when she was in London, 7 those assemblies gathered men and women of letters, noble friends and relatives every fortnight (on 2, 15 and 29 April 1776 for instance). Thus she had … Diffident of cards, the Bluestockings also disregarded politics and scandal but aimed to combat the domestic vision of women, showing that men and women could converse on a foot of equality. Indeed, while several other women attended the …
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