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sultrymissem: "People wish their enemies dead-but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone"
~Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
**I have friends who wish pink eye on their enemies**
mccandlessp: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Smallpox Inoculation
mccandlessp: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Smallpox Inoculation
stanleyrogouski: He grew to a height of only 4 feet 6 inches. Pope was removed from society as a Catholic, and his poor health alienated him further. Although he never married, he had many female friends to whom he wrote witty letters, including Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
smolcatte: "The Lover’s guardian, and the Muse’s aid!
By thy pale beams I solitary rove,
To thee my tender grief confide;
Serenely sweet you gild the silent grove,
My friend, my goddess, and my guide …"
-Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
mccandlessp: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Smallpox Inoculation
DavidCranmerUn1: occurred on tavern premises. "On Monday, July 30, 1733, the first grand lodge of Masons in America was organized here by Henry Price, a Boston tailor, who had received authority from Lord Montague, Grand Master of England, for the purpose."
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née
DavidCranmerUn1: Pierrepont; 15 May 1689 – 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat, writer, and poet. Born in 1689, Lady Mary spent her early life in England. In 1712, Lady Mary married Edward Wortley Montagu, who later served as the British ambassador to the Sublime Porte.
Mary is also known
mccandlessp: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Smallpox Inoculation
mccandlessp: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Smallpox Inoculation
OnThisDayShe: In March 1718, English traveller, novelist and satirist Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, travelling in Turkey, had her 5-year-old son inoculated (or 'variolated') against smallpox. She brought the practice back to England and campaigned for its wider adoption.
EmpirePodUK: Roxelana stayed at Suleiman's side for the rest of her days, having six children with him. She died in 1558 and is buried next to her husband.
Last up, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu...
EmpirePodUK: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was born in the late 17th century and is chiefly remembered for the incredible letters she sent back from the Ottoman Empire whilst she lived there.
tomyoungart: ‘Thou silver deity of secret night,
Direct my footsteps through the woodland shade;
Thou conscious witness of unknown delight,
The Lover’s guardian, and the Muse’s aid!
By thy pale beams I solitary rove,
To thee my tender grief confide..’
(Lady Mary Wortley Montagu)
BarnsleyMHT: She married Edward Wortley Montagu who was later appointed as Ambassador to Constantinople and it was during her travels in the Ottoman Empire that Lady Mary witnessed the practice of inoculation against smallpox, writing home to England about it in several letters.
EmpirePodUK: Roxelana stayed at Suleiman's side for the rest of her days, having six children with him. She died in 1558 and is buried next to her husband.
Last up, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu...
EmpirePodUK: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was born in the late 17th century and is chiefly remembered for the incredible letters she sent back from the Ottoman Empire whilst she lived there.
QuintusCurtius: The Travels And Philosophy Of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
OxfordVacGroup: Throwing it back to the 18th century to honour Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an inspiring woman ahead of her time.
Her writing, advocacy for smallpox inoculation, and independent spirit continue to inspire us today.
ℹ️
RadFemCollectiv: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu claimed that it is vital that as women we ask who profits from what we believe; and Mary Ritter Beard argued that part of women's oppression has its origins in our acceptance of the belief that women are powerless."
- Dale Spender, Women of Ideas
Gandalf1948: William Powell Frith, "Lady Mary Wortley Montagu e il marito geloso".
CEPIvaccines: Smallpox is one of history's deadliest diseases, estimated to have killed 300mil people in the 20th century alone ➡️
Marrioend: FUN FACT! The son of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, brilliant but eccentric, Edward Wortley cultivated the story that he was the illegitimate son of Sultan Ahmed III.
DrCentromere: Exhibition at the Science Museum, London, about the race to develop a covid vaccine. Finally, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu gets credit for introducing variolation for smallpox to England in 1720.
HIS_infection: We are proud to say our HQ, Montagu House is named after the formidable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
FuneralHammer: Pope Makes Love To Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by William Frith, 1852.
ruerueeeeee: Song dynasty - pinasinghot ng powder na gawa sa bulutong
Edward Jenner - tinurok cowpox
Louise Pasteur - tatay ng immunology
Elle Metchnikoff - "phagocytosis"
Emil von Behring - Theory of humoral immunity
Almworth Wright - Opsonin
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - variolation
CathPTeaches: Does anyone know if the image of Rochester wanting to put a diamond chain around Jane Eyre’s neck is influenced by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, ‘I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds’?
Valent6228: "Pope Makes Love To Lady Mary Wortley Montagu" Alexander Pope declared his love to Lady Mary, who responded with laughter (1852) - William Frith
CamdenCouncil: Join us online for an illustrated talk on famous society woman Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and a manuscript of letters written during her time in Turkey, that caused a sensation after her death.
Tuesday 31 January at 6pm
Book your place ➡
EBloodaxe19: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1689 ~ 1762
Why should I drag along this life I hate,
Without one thought to mitigate the weight?
Whence the mysterious bearing to exist,
When every joy is lost, and every hope dismissed?
Written ~ 1736
JanAllgood: You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself. -Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
GetPaid2023: told before.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Vita Sackville – West and Lady Diana Cooper are among the well-known wives of diplomats who represented Britain in the far-flung corners of the globe. Yet, despite serving such crucial roles, the vast majority of these women are entirely
ethan_tucker: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, on the intrepid ladies who thwarted a ban on women onlookers in the House of Lords, 1739:
'Notwithstanding which determination, a tribe of dames resolved to shew on this occasion, that neither men nor laws could resist them'
thewisdomchest: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: "It has all been very interesting."
QuoteADay_Ish: It goes far towards reconciling me to being a woman when I reflect I am thus in no danger of marrying one.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, from Best Book of Insults & Putdowns Ever - Tim Dedopulos
AncientWisdomHQ: "It has all been very interesting."
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
MLRPromotions: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: "It has all been very interesting."
DailySabah: "Famous Travelers to Türkiye" series traces footsteps of world-renowned travelers as first one is Mary Wortley Montagu, lady of letters, while also delving into what is now Turkish republic
DailySabah: "Famous Travelers to Türkiye" series traces footsteps of world-renowned travelers as first one is Mary Wortley Montagu, lady of letters, while also delving into what is now Turkish republic
artukdotorg: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was a writer, traveller and medical pioneer. Born in 1689, she was a woman ahead of her time. Find out more about Lady Mary ➡️
ABOwomeninarts: Second is Susan Spencer's "Ripped from the Headlines: Teaching Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's Turkish Letters in the Context of 21st-century Controversies" which places Montaug's work in the wake of contemporary issues and tragedies
Greebohobbes: Pope Makes Love To Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1852), by William Frith
MiddlethorpeHal: Did you know that Middlethorpe Hall was once home to famous figures such as Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Fanny Rollo Wilkinson?
Learn more about our fascinating history on our website:
PsychiatryAIcom: New Post: Vaccine Queen: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
goodwisepeople: “Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the more enchanting objects appear before you and invite you on.”-Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
SotonEnglish: Second years planning essays on Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: see below!
ChawtonHouse: Book tickets for our next online event- Vaccine Queen: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
Exploring the life and pioneering scientific advocacy of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, this talk will explore the development of vaccine science from the 18th century to today:
MillerRauch: I wonder. How does tweeting as a form affect the way our words come to us when we think just to ourselves? Scrolling this app supports a very different pace than say...reading the essays of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
jesbattis: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu being relatable while complaining about her throuple with Lord Hervey and Francesco Algarotti:
EllenMoody1: From Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: But when the long hours of public are past,/And we meet with champagne and a chicken at last ...
Maerlyn8_BTS7: This painting depicts the poet Alexander Pope declaring his love for his good friend Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. She burst into laughter at his confession, causing the two to then become the bitterest of enemies.
More about this interesting relationship:
jesbattis: Which Taylor Swift song has the most Lady Mary Wortley Montagu vibes?
BookshopFairy: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment AS NEW £14.99 posted UK
historicwomens: Posthumous portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, an English aristocrat, writer, and poet, by Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford
Greebohobbes: Pope Makes Love To Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1852), by William Frith
jjrwass: I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
English letter author & poet (1689 - 1762)
KungFuShoesSays: "I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise." Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
homesmiamibeach: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
evil_spectre: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: "I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise."
AncientWisdomHQ: "I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise."
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Thouotes: "I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise." — Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
keaplin: "I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise." -- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
(think about it)
ddhitchens: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was onto this:
“Satire shoud, like a polish’d Razor keen,
Wound with a Touch, that’s scarcely felt or seen.
Thine is an Oyster-Knife, that hacks and hews;
The Rage, but not the Talent of Abuse.”
alikufogo: A report from Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, one of the first British women who travelled and reported on the Ottoman Empire indicated that Muslim women of that time “could walk unaccompanied at night, obtain a divorce, and even wear trousers in the streets.”
QuintusCurtius: The Travels And Philosophy Of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
mattecapu: TIL smallpox vaccine was not conceived by Edward Jenner out of nowhere: a certain Lady Mary Wortley Montagu introduced the idea 75y before.
She herself learned it from Ottoman women, among whom it was already standard practice!
DocsDel: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: medical and religious controversy following her introduction of smallpox inoculation
DocsDel: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Reverend Cotton Mather: their campaigns for smallpox inoculation
DocsDel: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the campaign against smallpox
EmrysDBJones: Just a snippet from the mourning orders published in the wake of Queen Caroline's death (November 1737). They prompted some aristocratic disgruntlement, though Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was pleased that "the expence [would] only fall on those who can afford it".
IBasakAlbayrak: Pope Makes Love To Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, William Frith, 1852.
philfluther: Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, written during her travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa; : Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
cll062488: By thy pale beams I solitary rove,
To thee my tender grief confide;
Serenely sweet you gild the silent grove,
My friend, my goddess, and my guide...
—A Hymn to the Moon, Poet, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
DavidCranmerUn1: Giacomo Pylarini. Source material tells us on Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; "When Lady Mary was in the Ottoman Empire, she discovered the local practice of inoculation against smallpox called variolation."
In 1718 she had her son, aged five variolated. He recovered quickly. She
pardonmeparvenu: OMG! I just want to tag Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who had his measure.
I hope I don’t do her disservice or dishonour.
Labroots: Lady Mary Montagu was a trailblazer who campaigned for the practice of engraftment which she believed could save lives that would be lost to smallpox.
ScienceDoesRock: Lady Mary Montagu was a trailblazer who campaigned for the practice of engraftment which she believed could save lives that would be lost to smallpox.
HealthandMed_LR: Lady Mary Montagu was a trailblazer who campaigned for the practice of engraftment which she believed could save lives that would be lost to smallpox.
Immunology_LR: Lady Mary Montagu was a trailblazer who campaigned for the practice of engraftment which she believed could save lives that would be lost to smallpox.
DrJennersHouse: Today marks the 260th anniversary of the death of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, a key figure in the history of immunity whose efforts to see inoculation become an accepted medical practice in Britain ultimately paved the way for Edward Jenner's later work on vaccination.
EurekaMag: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the campaign against smallpox
QuintusCurtius: The Travels And Philosophy Of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Taulantis: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, while accompanying her husband (then ambassador in Istanbul) in 1717, writes a short writ about her Albanian guards. An interesting passage shows that many Albanians she met are not what one would consider zealous of their religion.
NT_York: In just under a month, our friends at Middlethorpe Hall & Spa are hosting one of their popular talks and lunches.
Find out all the details and book direct:
NT_York: It’s by author Jo Willett, based on her book “The Pioneering Life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Scientist and Feminist”.
A past resident of the hall.
A woman with an interesting life.
anglotopia: GREAT BRITONS: The Writer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
solidralphofc_: “A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.” – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
FORDA PROUD SaRALPHGAIL
barnsleycollege: Interested in Medicine? Find out more about Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s pioneering work in introducing the first effective smallpox treatment to Britain. This online talk is taking place on Wednesday 20 July at 7.00pm. Find out more:
QuintusCurtius: The Travels And Philosophy Of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
MiddlethorpeHal: Did you know that Middlethorpe Hall was once the home of famous diarist Lady Mary Wortley Montagu?
Book your stay and uncover the history of our beautiful house for yourself – contact reception on 01904 641 or visit our website for more information:
CRUlph: My (limited) research so far suggests this might be The Lady's Resolve by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Could any LMW scholars confirm?
SilviaMaymo: Pope makes love to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, William P. Frith, 1852.
Auckland Art Gallery.
historicwomens: English aristocrat, writer, and poet, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, with her son, Edward Wortley Montagu, and attendants, by Jean Baptiste Vanmour, c. 1717
andrewleedr: Perhaps apt to share about the Sun Monument to Rt Hon Lady Mary Wortley Montagu who in 1721 introduced smallpox inoculation to England from Turkey.
HarryWatson63: ‘A Hymn to the Moon’ by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - a remarkable woman. Both as a writer and for introducing into the UK, smallpox inoculation 50 years before Edward Jenner;
Written in July, in an arbour
Thou silver deity of secret night,
Direct my footsteps...
ianduhig: 'Pope Makes Love To Lady Mary Wortley Montagu'
William Powell Frith, 1852
These things happen to male poets all the time, just normally without someone wanting to make a double portrait from your nightmare.
MiddlethorpeHal: Middlethorpe Hall has been the home for many influential individuals over the years, including famous diarist, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who wrote in her diary “Tis a very pritty place…”
Learn more here:
PersistentRumor: Quote of the Day
"A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly." Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
franciscoacosta: Quote of the Day
"A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly." Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
