Journal Entry of Lady Montagu Oct 20, 1718- Istanbul
We are about to depart for England after being in Turkey for about 2 years now and I find myself reluctant to return. The fact I have been ostracized by the court due to the leaking of one of my satirical poems has no bearing on my reluctance to return. There is something truly magnificent about the Ottoman Empire, the beauty and hospitality of the women here, the soothing Turkish baths and the fact that you will never see an Ottoman woman in a corset- There is no other place on earth else were women as free as they are here.
In addition to that, they are more medically advanced than the west- I have seen the women here practice inoculation against smallpox which is called engrafting or
We are about to depart for England after being in Turkey for about 2 years now and I find myself reluctant to return. The fact I have been ostracized by the court due to the leaking of one of my satirical poems has no bearing on my reluctance to return. There is something truly magnificent about the Ottoman Empire, the beauty and hospitality of the women here, the soothing Turkish baths and the fact that you will never see an Ottoman woman in a corset- There is no other place on earth else were women as free as they are here.
In addition to that, they are more medically advanced than the west- I have seen the women here practice inoculation against smallpox which is called engrafting or