page_title: Elizabeth Vesey
hierarchical_section_title: Elizabeth Vesey
caption_attribution_description: English: Elizabeth Vesey (1715-1791) was an important member of the Bluestockings, a loose-knit group of society women who hosted informal gatherings for literary and political discussions.
context_page_description: Elizabeth Vesey was a wealthy Irish intellectual who is credited with fostering the Bluestockings, a society of women which hosted informal literary and political discussions of which she was an important member.
context_section_description: Elizabeth Vesey (1715 in Ossory, Ireland – 1791 in Chelsea, London) was a wealthy Irish intellectual who is credited with fostering the Bluestockings, a society of women which hosted informal literary and political discussions of which she was an important member.
caption: Unknown artist. Elizabeth Vesey, circa 1755–65. National Portrait Gallery, London
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