By mid-1734, EJ
, in debt because of her divorced husband
's failure to pay her maintenance, took a job as governess to the three daughters of Hill Evans
, a British merchant who lived...
Travel
Elizabeth Justice
EJ
, divorced from her husband
and forced to support herself and her children, sailed from England as governess in the family of the British St Petersburg merchant Hill Evans
.
Justice, Elizabeth. A Voyage to Russia. G. Smith.
preface
Justice, Elizabeth. Amelia; or, The Distress’d Wife.
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Paterson, James. “An Examination of <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>A Voyage to Russia</span> (1739): The First Travel Account Published by an Englishwoman”. Women Writers. A Zine, edited by Kim Wells.
