Bluestocking circle

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The Bluestocking circle was an 18th-century English intellectual salon movement, led largely by educated women, that promoted literary discussion, learning, and cultural refinement over traditional aristocratic pastimes.

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instanceOf 18th-century cultural movement ⓘ
intellectual salon movement ⓘ
literary society ⓘ
social circle ⓘ
activePeriod 1750s ⓘ
1760s ⓘ
1770s ⓘ
1780s ⓘ
associatedWith early feminism ⓘ
polite conversation ⓘ
women's education ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
culturalImpact helped legitimize women's participation in intellectual life ⓘ
dissolved late 18th century ⓘ
etymology name derived from informal blue worsted stockings worn by some male participants ⓘ
focusesOn education ⓘ
literature ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
the arts ⓘ
genderAspect led largely by educated women ⓘ
hasCharacteristic cultural refinement ⓘ
emphasis on literary discussion ⓘ
informal sociability ⓘ
mixed-gender conversation ⓘ
promotion of learning ⓘ
hasPart Bluestocking salons ⓘ
linked to: Bluestocking circle
hostedBy Elizabeth Montagu ⓘ
Elizabeth Vesey ⓘ
Frances Boscawen ⓘ
linked to: Fanny Boscawen
inception mid-18th century ⓘ
influenced perceptions of intellectual women in Britain ⓘ
influencedBy French salon culture ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
notableMember David Garrick ⓘ
Edmund Burke ⓘ
Elizabeth Carter ⓘ
Elizabeth Montagu ⓘ
Elizabeth Vesey ⓘ
Frances Boscawen ⓘ
linked to: Fanny Boscawen

Hannah More ⓘ
Hester Chapone ⓘ
Hester Thrale ⓘ
Joshua Reynolds ⓘ
Samuel Johnson ⓘ
opposedTo card-playing as primary pastime ⓘ
gambling-centered socializing ⓘ
socialContext British Enlightenment ⓘ

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Elizabeth Montagu → movement → Bluestocking circle ⓘ
Elizabeth Carter → movement → Bluestocking circle ⓘ
Elizabeth Carter → memberOf → Bluestocking group ⓘ
linked to: Bluestocking circle
Elizabeth Montagu → movement → Bluestocking group ⓘ
subject linked to: Queen of the Bluestockings
linked to: Bluestocking circle
Bluestocking circle → hasPart → Bluestocking salons ⓘ
linked to: Bluestocking circle
Edward Montagu → socialCircle → Bluestocking circle ⓘ
Edward Montagu → spouseAffiliation → Bluestocking movement ⓘ
linked to: Bluestocking circle
Sandleford Priory, Berkshire → associatedWith → Bluestocking Society ⓘ
linked to: Bluestocking circle
Denton Hall, Yorkshire → associatedWith → Bluestocking circle ⓘ
Denton Hall, Yorkshire → hasHistoricalAssociation → Bluestocking movement ⓘ
linked to: Bluestocking circle
Hester Chapone → memberOf → Bluestocking circle ⓘ
Hester Chapone → associatedWith → Bluestocking intellectual circle ⓘ
linked to: Bluestocking circle
Sarah Scott → memberOf → Bluestocking circle ⓘ
Sarah Scott → movement → Bluestocking movement ⓘ
linked to: Bluestocking circle
Sarah Scott → associatedWith → Elizabeth Montagu’s Bluestocking salon ⓘ
linked to: Bluestocking circle
Poems (1773) → associatedWith → Bluestocking circle ⓘ
Poems (1773) → associatedWith → Bluestocking circle ⓘ
Fanny Boscawen → movement → Bluestocking circle ⓘ
Fanny Boscawen → associatedWith → Bluestocking circle ⓘ