Clever girls; 18th-century intellectuals.(Brilliant Women: 18th-Century Bluestockings) From: The Economist (US) | Date: March 22, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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An exhibition about bluestockings puts brilliant women in the frame

THINK of the word "bluestocking" and you are likely to conjure up something female, formidable and frumpy--a dingy corner of feminism, the historical equivalent of dungarees. "Brilliant Women", a new show at London's National Portrait Gallery, blows all that away.

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