tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post7141121797264277436..comments2024-03-28T16:41:29.596-04:00Comments on The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century: Georgiana the ScientistHeather Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-25479698745768524402009-05-05T15:57:00.000-04:002009-05-05T15:57:00.000-04:00It may have sucked to be sold off in marriage to s...It may have sucked to be sold off in marriage to some horrible human being, but at least noble women of this period had such wonderful opportunities to indulge in intellectual pursuits. Just because you couldn't go to a university doesn't mean you couldn't learn as much as you wanted!Katyhttp://drama-wench.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-23674307131284936592009-05-04T21:54:00.000-04:002009-05-04T21:54:00.000-04:00and anonymous...sorry, didn't mean to disregard yo...and anonymous...sorry, didn't mean to disregard your totally interesting fact! That is a fantastic piece of trivia and goes to show that more opportunities women are presented with, the more unstoppably fabulous we can be!Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-29167874824953742402009-05-04T21:51:00.000-04:002009-05-04T21:51:00.000-04:00Oh I think this is totally the case with Georgiana...Oh I think this is totally the case with Georgiana, Jane. But Georgiana was a very enterprising individual, she took was given to her and used it to her advantage to do many things. She was a woman of many talents. She would be unstoppable this day in age!Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-61204914592991653972009-05-04T18:03:00.000-04:002009-05-04T18:03:00.000-04:00Georgiana really does seem to have been a product ...Georgiana really does seem to have been a product of her time!Eliza Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627605324381190861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-72759873519275298722009-05-04T15:46:00.000-04:002009-05-04T15:46:00.000-04:00Wow! I just stumbled across your blog and think it...Wow! I just stumbled across your blog and think it's pretty cool. I never knew this about Georgiana. She really was quite ahead of her time. I would be interested to see what she would have accomplished if she had been born later, but perhaps she would not have been the same woman. Some say circumstances make a person. Do you think this was the case with Georgiana? Or do you think she would have been like this no matter when or where she was born?Jane Austenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07944858064723887683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-68732993138103921752009-05-04T11:51:00.000-04:002009-05-04T11:51:00.000-04:00Did you know that Heddy LaMarr, the Hollywood actr...Did you know that Heddy LaMarr, the Hollywood actress, was one of the inventors of wireless communication? This blog totally reminded me of that, one of my very favorite pieces of trivia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_LamarrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com