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Jo Willett The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu : Scientist and Feminist
- Publication Name
- The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu
- Title
- The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu
- Subtitle
- Scientist and Feminist
- Format
- Hardcover
- EAN
- 9781526779380
- ISBN
- 9781526779380
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books The Limited
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Women, Medical, Europe / Great Britain / General, Science & Technology
- Release Date
- 31/03/2021
- Release Year
- 2021
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 234mm
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 232 Pages
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The first biography to look at the early feminist and radical Mary Wortley Montagu, who successfully introduced Britain to the inoculation against the smallpox virus. 300 years ago, in April 1721, a smallpox epidemic was raging in England. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu knew that she could save her 3-year-old daughter using the process of inoculation. She had witnessed this at first hand in Turkey, while she was living there as the wife of the British ambassador. She also knew that by inoculating - making her daughter the first person protected in the West - she would face opposition from doctors, politicians and clerics. Her courageous action eventually led to the eradication of smallpox and the prevention of millions of deaths.But Mary was more than a scientific campaigner. She mixed with the greatest politicians, writers, artists and thinkers of her day. She was also an important early feminist, writing powerfully and provocatively about the position of women.She was best friends with the poet Alexander Pope. They collaborated on a series of poems, which made her into a household name, an 'It Girl.' But their friendship turned sour and he used his pen to vilify her publicly.Aristocratic by birth, Mary chose to elope with Edward Wortley Montagu, whom she knew she did not love, so as to avoid being forced into marrying someone else. In middle age, her marriage stale, she fell for someone young enough to be her son - and, unknown to her, bisexual. She set off on a new life with him abroad. When this relationship failed, she stayed on in Europe, narrowly escaping the coercive control of an Italian con man.After twenty-two years abroad, she returned home to London to die. The son-in-law she had dismissed as a young man had meanwhile become Prime Minister.
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Publisher
Pen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1526779382
ISBN-13
9781526779380
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19050390562
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu : Scientist and Feminist
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Women, Medical, Europe / Great Britain / General, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Width
6in
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Lc Classification Number
Da501.M7
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'Brilliantly written biography of a fearless woman who changed the course of history. Hard to imagine a more timely account of a woman who should be a role model for a generation. Put her on every twenty pound note until she is, Jo Willett plunges us into Mary's life with clarity and wit - a page turner from the start - a fascinating, courageous life. Unnervingly pertinent for our troubled times
Dewey Decimal
941.072092
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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