Clara Gigliucci

In Italy the opera singer Clara (Novello) Gigliucci became a close friend of ES and of her sister. Emily's social circles there included George Perkins Marsh (the US minister to Italy) and Caroline Crane Marsh

Her work for women's education brought MG into contact with Dorothea Beale , Emily Davies , Mary Carpenter , and Mary Gurney . Her time in Italy brought her other friends, among them the operatic...