Lady Mary Wortley Montagu lead an incredibly interesting life. As a young woman she eloped to marry for love, then spent time in the exotic court of the Ottoman Empire where she learnt about the process of smallpox inoculation. After introducing this medical success story to England, she separated from her husband to travel the continent, chasing down one man before settling in with another - and almost losing everything.
Grundy, Isobel: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Ward, Lucy: The Empress and the English Doctor - How Catherine the Great Defied a deadly virus
Willet, Jo: The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu, Scientist and Feminist
The Grolier Society Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Letters: https://archive.org/details/ladymarywortleym0000mont/page/333/mode/1up
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Mary_Wortley_Montagu
Encyclopaedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lady-Mary-Wortley-Montagu
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