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Bluestocking Society  

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  • The Bluestocking Society, also referred to as the “Bluestocking Circle” or merely “the bluestockings,” was a group of women intellectuals in England during the late 18th and early 19th century. Some of the more well-known members in the first generation of the bluestockings included Elizabeth Montagu, Catherine Talbot, Hester Chapone, and Elizabeth Carter. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Bluestocking Society]

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