Mary Montagu Facts - Life 1689-1762
- Mary Montagu was a Feminist trailblazer
- Mary Montagu was a poet and letter writer
- Husband served as British minister to Turkey where she lived in Constantinople here she learned of smallpox inoculation
- Mary introduced into Britain the practice of inoculation against smallpox
- Controversial practice but became widespread after the Royal family adopted the practice
- Mary Wortley Montagu wrote the eight volume History of England which surveyed the 17th century
quote
Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain,
but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of
saying what I think end quote
Books written by Montagu:
Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762
The travels of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu