It all began with a gentleman who liked blue tights and intellectual women. That's right, ladies and gentlemen. The term "bluestockings" was used to categorize the elite female members of England's smarty-pants club, and it was named after a pair of gams. You see, once upon a time in the 1750s a lady named Elizabeth Montagu sought to make her home on Hill Street the intellectual capital of London. …
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