The Blue Stockings Society leaders and hostesses were Elizabeth Montagu and Elizabeth Vesey. The women involved in this group generally had more education and fewer children than most English women of the time. During this time period only men attended universities and women were expected to master skills such as needlework and knitting: It was considered "unbecoming" for them to know Greek or Latin, almost immodest for them to be authors, and certainly indiscreet to admit the fact.
The Blue Stockings Society leaders and hostesses were Elizabeth Montagu and Elizabeth Vesey. Women involved in this group typically had more education and fewer children than the average English woman during that time. During this era, only men attended universities, while women were expected to excel in domestic skills such as needlework and knitting: It was considered "unseemly" for them to be familiar with Greek or Latin, almost scandalous for them to write, and certainly impolite for them to acknowledge their literary pursuits.