18th Century Women (@_susie_b_) 's Twitter Profile
18th Century Women

@_susie_b_

Pensionable Phd in 18th century female enterprise and entrepreneurship; previously an academic registrar, an artist and an illustrator. Staving off dementia...

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calendar_today20-01-2010 20:01:36

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Sorry folks! Last tweet intended to report that only 16% of disabled (including bullied children) are able to work. Major implications for parents.

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#WentworthWoodhouse Was delighted WW was saved for its associations with #Diana Beaumont, 18th century coal, lead and estate owner. Misogynist history records her as a #difficultwoman. Her tenants saw her as a philanthropist.

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18th Century Women Christmas visitors: long-tailed tits, woodpeckers, nuthatches, goldfinches. Too warm for last year's fieldfares? Tawny owls at dusk and a roe deer. Perfect!

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#ThingsImNotApologizingFor Quentin Tarentino Encouraging people close to me to see themselves as others see them. Humility is the invisible cloak we all need to wear to confront our #delusions about ourselves: notions of superiority, self-interest, snobbery and status anxiety.

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18th Century Women: I invite people who are interested in tracing their family to read my thesis: Female Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the North East of England, 1778-1801.

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I have strayed into a new world, that of #RareDisease. It's disturbing that research into rare diseases is so limited and also controversial.

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#borisspeech The Times and Sunday Times @JYDenham Old Labour binaries, toffs and fence-sitters beware: Boris will be vindicated. Just ask yourself whether you'd be clocking on tma for nowt but a minimum wage when the m-c are simmering porridge in their pjs and wondering what to write.

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US followers, welcome: am deeply flattered but anxious; advise u eschew Jane Austen to make an impact in the UK. Pretty sick of her here.

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Dwelling on familiar tropes and how they bore me. PhD theses no longer need to be original, only authentic. Ergo, goal must be authenticity.

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Would like to know what you consider authentic as opposed to original, accepting that the best evidence is both and difficult to find