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  1. Jan 15, 2018 · On January 14, 1794, Elizabeth Bennett delivered her daughter, Maria, by cesarean section. The high-risk operation was performed by her husband, Dr. Jesse Bennett, in their log cabin home in Mason County, VA.

  2. Feb 14, 2012 · She is from Oxford by way of California, and she recently completed an English Literature MA at King's College, London. Her dissertation was on crime fiction, so she can now officially refer to herself as an expert in murder (she's not sure whether she should be proud of that).

  3. Everything you ever wanted to know about Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, written by masters of this stuff just for you.

  4. Elizabeth Bennett was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Illinois, and the second Ph.D. overall from that department. She was born in 1880 in Shawnee, PA., and received her A.B. degree in 1903 from Ohio University in Athens, OH.

  5. Jun 8, 2018 · But books were expensive in the early nineteenth century, and women weren’t necessarily encouraged to read them. How, then, did her heroines get their book fix? Literature scholar Lee Erickson uncovers the frivolous (and serious) secrets of circulating libraries.

  6. Jul 19, 2024 · Jane Austen knew the Peak District and the journey of Ms. Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice illustrates that brilliantly. There are two famous shots in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. One involves the then-unknown Colin Firth, a wet chemise, breeches, and riding boots.

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  8. Jan 21, 2015 · In 1847, Elizabeth Blackwell wanted to go to medical school. Never mind that at the time women simply did not get medical degrees. The 26-year-old hadn’t planned to grow up to become a...