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Blue Stockings Society
Literary critic and salonnière Elizabeth Montagu has been hosting an organization of privileged women who meet to discuss literature and arts, with the purpose of promoting equal education opportunities for women. Invitations have been extended to educated men to participate in intellectual endeavors such as reading and writing.
If allowed to continue without intervention, it may expand its influence to include advocacy for women's education.
EnglandCountrydynamic historical event.tagDefinitionin_game/events/DHE/flavor_ENG.txt:25114
25115type = country_event
25117fire_only_once = yes
25119title = flavor_eng.244.title Blue Stockings Society
25120desc = flavor_eng.244.desc Literary critic and salonnière Elizabeth Montagu has been hosting an organization of privileged women who meet to discuss literature and arts, with the purpose of promoting equal education opportunities for women. Invitations have been extended to educated men to participate in intellectual endeavors such as reading and writing.
If allowed to continue without intervention, it may expand its influence to include advocacy for women's education.
If allowed to continue without intervention, it may expand its influence to include advocacy for women's education.
25121outcome = neutral
25123dynamic_historical_event = {
}
25130trigger = {
25132character:eng_elizabeth_montagu ?= {
25132is_alive = yes
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25134location:salisbury = {
25134owner = root
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25137illustration_tags = {
2513810 = happy
2513910 = exterior
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25141immediate = {
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25143save_scope_as = target_location
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25145character:eng_elizabeth_montagu = {
25146save_scope_as = elizabeth_montagu
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25175historical_info = flavor_eng.244.historical_info The Blue Stockings Society was an intellectual and literary society founded by Elizabeth Montagu, a prominent woman who hosted informal gatherings to promote equal education as well as the inclusion of both men and women, at a time when formal education for women was limited. Their efforts contributed to the later development of women's education in the subsequent century.