Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Susannah Centlivre
Born: 1667
Died: December 1, 1723 (aged 56)
Bio: Susanna Centlivre, born Susanna Freeman and also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet, actress, and "the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century".
Known for:
- A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717)
- The busy body
- The basset-table (1705)
- The wonder, a woman keeps a secret (1714)
- The Busie Body (1709)