Bluestocking

[5][6] As Frances Burney, a Bluestocking, recounts the events, she reveals that Stillingfleet was invited to a literary meeting by Elizabeth Vesey but was told off because of his informal attire.

Elizabeth Montagu was a social anomaly in the period because she took possession of her husband’s property when he died, allowing her to have more power in her world.

A reference to bluestockings has been attributed to John Amos Comenius in his 1638 book, where he mentioned ancient traditions of women being excluded from higher education, citing the Bible and Euripides.

It ran until 1916, providing a creative outlet and political platform for Japanese feminists even as it faced public outcry and state censorship.

Bluestockings is the name of a volunteer-run and collectively owned radical bookstore, fair-trade café, and activist center located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, which opened in 1999.