An Appeal to the Ladies of England

In 1824, Manto Mavrogenous wrote an open letter to the women of England, asking them to support the Greek revolution against the Ottoman Empire. She reminded them of Greece’s contributions to political and artistic progress, appealed to them as fellow-Christians, and challenged them to a friendly competition with men, to see which could show the greater compassion.

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