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Exhibition: The Bluestocking circle| Celebrating Modern Muses| A Revolution in Female Manners Audio Hear readings from a selection of letters, poems and books written by or about the women who feature in the exhibition. Alternatively, please download the full textual transcript. |
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 Elizabeth Montagu (née Robinson) |
Hear about the meetings of the Bluestocking Circle Bluestocking Conversation Parties |
 Hannah More |
Discover how women had to remain virtuous while being able to explore new possibilities for self improvement Women, Virtue and Learning |
 Elizabeth Carter |
Hear about how intellectual and emotional friendship between women formed the foundation of bluestocking culture Female Friendship |
 Portraits in the Characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo |
Discover more about the Living Muses of Great Britain in print and in paint The Living Muses of Great Britain |
 Elizabeth Montagu (née Robinson); Anna Letitia Barbauld (née Aikin) |
An introduction to discover the eighteenth-century fashion for biographies of illustrious intellectual women Celebrating Intellectual Women |
 Mary Wollstonecraft |
Hear about the changing attitudes to intellectual women and the demise of the bluestockings Revolution, Representation and Reputation |
