Category Archives: Regency Women of Character

Regency Women of Character: Charlotte Jones

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Miniature by charlotte jones

There was a collection of miniature portrait painters during the Regency era (and Georgian and Victorian) that were women.  Charlotte Jones was one.   Appointed “Miniature Continue →

Regency Villians: Lady Sutherland

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Portrait of Elizabeth, Lady Sutherland

Elizabeth Sutherland Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (née Gordon, 24 May 1765 – 29 January 1839)was married to George Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham who succeeded to his father’s Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: A Woman in Want of Pockets

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                        Gentle readers, you are probably already aware of the deep gender divide around Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: On Female Politicians

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I spied this article in the October 1800 edition of The Lady’s Monthly Museum and found it fascinating…so had to share. Although it cites a Continue →