women: her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. All three ladies were widows, leaving Kate without any patriarchal influence. In a time when the only formal education most women received was tuned to music, art, fashion, and etiquette, Kate was educated at a convent that was renowned for the nuns’ infinite intelligence. Later, Kate was lucky in her own spouse in that he allowed her unheard of and vastly unpopular freedom to do as she pleased. When Kate was widowed at a young age, she sold her husband’s…
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