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During the early 20th century the gang was led by Alice Diamond, known variously as the Queen of the Forty Thieves, Diamond Annie, and a friend of Maggie Hill, sister to gangster Billy Hill. [ 3 ] Their heyday was in the interwar period when the gang raided on a large scale not only in the West End of London, but also other major shopping ...
In 2022, their dramatised story was brought to the stage in Theatr Clwyd's production of 'Celebrated Virgins: The Story of the Ladies of Llangollen'. Written by Katie Elin Salt and directed by Eleri B.Jones. [26] They are referred to as "a pair of Irish cousins" who ran away to Wales in Learned by Heart (2023) by Emma Donoghue. [27]
In 1813, businessman Francis Cabot Lowell formed a company, the Boston Manufacturing Company, and built a textile mill next to the Charles River in Waltham, Massachusetts.. Unlike the earlier Rhode Island System, where only carding and spinning were done in a factory while the weaving was often put out to neighboring farms to be done by hand, the Waltham mill was the first integrated mill in ...
In the 19th century, the ladies-in-waiting of the Dutch court were headed by the Grootmeesteres (Grand Mistress, equivalent to Mistress of the Robes), of second rank were the Dames du Palais (married ladies-in-waiting), followed by the third rank Hofdames (Court Ladies, equivalent to Maids of Honour). [42] [page needed] [43] [full citation needed]
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The term was in use in the United Kingdom from at least the 18th century to the mid-20th century but it is now archaic. The profession is known in most of the Western world. The role was related to the position of lady-in-waiting, which by the 19th century was applied only to the female retainers of female members of the British royal family.
Marguerite Gautier, from Alexandre Dumas, fils' work La Dame aux camélias, inspired by real life 19th-century courtesan Marie Duplessis, Jenny Smith, in Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and The Threepenny Opera; Juliette, in the Marquis de Sade's Juliette; Kamala, in Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Grand Tour of Europe became increasingly popular among women in the late 18th century and early 19th century. [1] For British upper-class young women travelling Europe was part of formal education as well as a form of entrance into elite society. [1] When published, women’s letters and travel diaries about their experiences provided ...