page_title: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
section_title: Ottoman smallpox inoculation
hierarchical_section_title: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu / Ottoman smallpox inoculation
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial to the Rt. Hon. Lady Mary Wortley Montague. Who happily introduced from Turkey, into this Country, The Salutary Art of inoculating the Small Pox. Convinced of its Efficacy she first tried it with Success on her own Children. And then recommended the practice of it to her fellow Citizens. Thus by her example and advice we have softened the virulence and escaped the danger of this malignant disease. To perpetuate the memory of such benevolence, and to express her gratitude for the benefit she herself has received, from this alleviating art, This monument is erected by Henrietta Inge, Relict of Theodore William Inge, Esq, and daughter of Sir John Wrottesley Baronet, in the year of our Lord 1789.
context_page_description: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English aristocrat, writer, and poet. Lady Mary is today chiefly remembered for her letters, particularly her letters from travels to the Ottoman Empire, as wife to the British ambassador to Turkey, which Billie Melman described as "the very first example of a secular work by a woman about the Muslim Orient". Aside from her writing, Lady Mary is also known for introducing and advocating for smallpox inoculation to Britain after her return from Turkey. Her writings address and challenge the hindering contemporary social attitudes towards women and their intellectual and social growth.
caption: Memorial to the Rt. Hon. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu erected in Lichfield Cathedral by Henrietta Inge.
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