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Women
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A Ladies Dress Maker
Image from: The Book of Trades or Library of the Useful Arts, 1806 [Image donated by: Birmingham Central… read more »
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A Pin Maker
Image from: The Book of Trades or Library of the Useful Arts, 1806 [Image donated by: Birmingham Central… read more »
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A Portrait of Anna Seward
Anna Seward: “Swan of Lichfield” Born in Derbyshire in 1742, Anna Seward was the daughter of Thomas… read more »
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A Weaver
Image from: The Book of Trades or Library of the Useful Arts, 1806 [Image donated by: Birmingham Central… read more »
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Anna Seward and Erasmus Darwin
Image: Engraving of Erasmus Darwin M.D. Birmingham Central Library 3. Anna Seward and Erasmus Darwin 1756 saw the… read more »
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Anna Seward and her World
Image: The West Front of Lichfield Cathedral Lantern Slide, Birmingham Central Library 1. Anna Seward and her World… read more »
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Anna Seward and Lichfield Society
Image: Samuel Johnson’s Birthplace, Lichfield Lantern Slide, Birmingham Central Library 2. Anna Seward and Lichfield Society So, how… read more »
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Anna Seward, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Thomas Day and Brooke Boothby
Image: Engraving of Richard Lovell Edgeworth Birmingham Central Library 4. Anna Seward, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Thomas Lichfield and… read more »
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Anna Seward: Woman of Considerable Renown
Text: Marion Roberts Image: Engraving of Anna Seward [Image from Birmingham Central Library] Summary Anna Seward was an accomplished and… read more »
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Aris’s Birmingham Gazette – Report of woman posing as a man
A respite during his Majesty’s pleasure has been received at Warwick, for Bartholomew Fisher, one of the… read more »
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Aris’s Birmingham Gazette – Runaway Wife
Newport, Aug. 13, 1790. Eloped from her Husband, WHEREAS Susannah, Wife of Wm, Hollingshead, of Newport, in… read more »
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Curiosities in Greene’s Museum
Image: “Miss Seward”. John Jackson, History of the City and Cathedral of Lichfield(London, 1805). Anna Seward, the Lichfield poet… read more »
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Directions for Married Persons: Introduction
Introduction: Malcolm Dick Source: Local Studies and History, Birmingham Central Library, UK Directions for Married Persons was written by John… read more »
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Educating Amelia
Image: Portrait of James Keir and his granddaughter. Image from: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Day’s problems… read more »
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Lady Catherine Wright
Image: Portrait of Dr William Withering from an engraving Image from: Local Studies and History, Birmingham Central… read more »
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Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1778/01/11
Darwin gives his opinion on the poetry of a young lady of Boulton’s acquaintance. —————————————- 11 January… read more »
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Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1778/02/04
Darwin enquires after the Kauffmann prints. —————————————- Dear Boulton, Not having heard of you for so many… read more »
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Lichfield and her Final Years
Image: An East View of the Cathedral Church and Close of Lichfield, taken from Stowe Pool, near St.… read more »
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Maria Edgeworth
Image: Portrait of Maria Edgeworth, an engraving based on a portrait by Chappel. Image from: Local Studies… read more »
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Mary and Martha Russell and the Birmingham Riots of 1791
Image: Destruction of Dr Priestley’s House and Laboratory, Fair Hill, Birmingham, July 14 1791. After a picture… read more »
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Mary Knowles
Image: Portrait of Dr William Withering from an engraving. Image from: Local Studies and History, Birmingham Central… read more »
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Miss Ann Boulton
Image: The drawing room at Soho House, Handsworth near Birmingham. Ann Boulton (1768-1829) lived at Soho House… read more »
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Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, the “Queen of the Blues”
Image: C F Von Breda, Matthew Boulton, 1792. Oil on Canvas. Boulton was the most famous of… read more »
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Sabrina and Lucretia: a failed experiment
Image: Portrait of Thomas Day, an engraving based on a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby. Image… read more »
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The Escape of the Russells from Birmingham to France
Image: William Russell (1740-1818). Jeyes, S H, The Russells of Birmingham in the French Revolution and America… read more »
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The Lunar Men and the Status of Women
Image: Mrs Joseph Priestley, by C F von Breda, 1793. Oil on Canvas. Mary Priestley was the… read more »
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The other side of the Coin: Women and the Lunar Men
Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump(Exhibited 1768). Oil on Canvas.… read more »
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The Philosophical Context: From Optimism to Realism
The Widow of an Indian Chief watching the Weapons of her deceased Husband (1785). Joseph Wright of Derby 1734-1797),… read more »
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The Return of the Russells to England
Image: James Skey (1754-1838) who married Martha Russell in 1798. From a miniature painting by James Millar… read more »
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The Russells in America
Image: New York City in 1768. Jeyes, S H, The Russells of Birmingham in the French Revolution… read more »
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Three Ladies Adorning the Term of Hymen (The Montgomery Sisters)
Thomas Watson (1743 – 1781) after Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Women’s Education and Emancipation
Image: Maria Edgeworth, the daughter of Priestley’s friend, R L Edgeworth and an important writer on educational… read more »