Debating societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… outlawed. Despite those chequered fortunes they served as places for self-improvement for many men of limited formal education and provided forums for a broad part of the population, including women. Places > Clubs & Societies Practices > … like marriage and courtship, with questions like: ‘Which is the more eligible for a wife, a lady of fortune without education, or a lady of education without fortune? ‘ 9 7 . Donna T. Andrew (ed.), London Debating Societies, 1776-1799, London Record Society 30 …
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