![]() Her biting wit and keen intellect won her favor with the court of King George I, but she was looked upon as a glamorized courtesan, as evidenced by the fact that she lost that favor once her face was marred by smallpox. The compilation of her travel writings, aptly titled the, “Turkish Embassy Letters,” was published posthumously should she have published it while alive, she likely would have needed to use a pseudonym. She railed against the patriarchy, while gleaning all she could from it. ![]() She was a vivacious and worldly woman in a period when women were expected to be nothing but demure, and is remembered for both her flamboyant personality & adventurous spirit. Lady Mary Montagu was an eighteenth century noblewoman whose contributions to the fields of travel writing and medicine were nearly forgotten due to her sex. ![]()
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