The greatest risk of all, though, may be being a woman at a time of mistrust and accusation.
The mistress of Gawthorpe Hall in Pendle Hill, Fleetwood Shuttleworth, is expecting a child. She is devastated to discover a note from her doctor warning her husband she won't survive this pregnancy since she is eager to leave an heir.
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