Word: poulteney
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...Margaret Poulteney, .a young widow secure in her handsome inheritance, spoke for others in her situation as well as herself when she voiced the ultimate declaration of independence: "None in the world can call me to account for my actions." But even the strongest women tended to preface their shows of strength by confessing themselves the "weaker vessel." Perpetual acknowledgment of her own fragility, Fraser writes ruefully, "was one way . . . in which a clever woman could avoid disapproval...
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