Over on the English Historical Fiction Authors blog, I have a new post up.
Historically, women had limited options for their lives, and Georgian England was no exception. As any reader of Jane Austen’s novels knows, this situation resulted in marriage being a primary career objective. Lack of education and property laws restricted the ability of many women to support themselves respectably, or even adequately. However, there were always exceptions. Margaret Holt Campion, known as the first Lady Banker in northern England, was one of them. Read morehere.
Illustration of Campion Bank House by Mike Kirby herefrom Wikimedia Commons
