The questions scholars now investigate involve : `` the [ French ] Revolution , war , nationalism , empire , class , ` improvement ' [ of the estate ] , the clergy , town versus country , abolition , the professions , female emancipation ; whether her politics were Tory , Whig , or radical ; whether she was a conservative or a revolutionary , or occupied a reformist position between these extremes '' .
The questions scholars now study include : `` the Revolution , war , nationalism , empire , class , ` improvement ' [ of the estate ] , the clergy , town versus ( against ) country , abolition , the professions , female emancipation ; whether her politics were Tory , Whig , or radical ; whether she was a conservative or a revolutionary , or occupied ( kept ) a reformist position between these extremes '' .
She began her theatrical career as a professional child actress and later choreographed and performed dances in burlesque ( as a skirt dancer ) , vaudeville , and circus shows .