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Sep 21, 2024 · Mary Musgrove, next to Nancy Hart, was the most famous woman of 18th Century Georgia. Half Indian and half white, Mary served the people of Georgia before leading a revolt to destroy it. Her personal life was often tragic.
Sep 8, 2024 · Mary Musgrove Bosomworth (ca. 1700- ca. 1767), sometimes called the Empress of the Creek Nation, [fn1] played a vital role in the founding of Georgia in colonial America. The daughter of a Creek Indian mother and a white father, Mary was a shrewd negotiator and a successful trader.
2 days ago · On February 12, 1733, [a] General James Oglethorpe and settlers from the ship Anne landed at Yamacraw Bluff and were greeted by Tomochichi, the Yamacraws, and Indian traders John and Mary Musgrove. Mary Musgrove often served as an interpreter.
4 days ago · Them: No, you’re being too modern. That was the mother’s job. Me: Not according to Miss Elizabeth Bennet! Mr. Bennet: Famously unconcerned about parenting. In fact, fathers being involved in the upbringing of their children is discussed in Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Pride & Prejudice, and Persuasion, so it’s far from a modern ...
Sep 2, 2024 · It includes both the Great House that is the home of the elder Musgroves and their daughters, Henrietta and Louisa, and Uppercross Cottage, the home of Anne’s sister Mary and her husband ...
Sep 20, 2024 · I feel a bit like Mary Musgrove in Persuasion, whose sore throats were always worse than everybody else’s sore throats. In my case, old age has crept up on me to the point where I’m spinning the roulette wheel to find out which of many will be the “ailment du jour. ” I’ve had fun before.
Sep 14, 2024 · A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, trailblazing treatise of feminism (1792) written by British writer and women’s activist Mary Wollstonecraft. The work argues for the empowerment of women in education, politics, society, and marriage.
