A woman's lot
posted by Chet at 6:34 AM UTCMaria Branwell Bronte, wife of a country clergyman, gave birth to six precocious children in quick succession, then died. Not an uncommon fate for a woman in the early 19th century. What measure of the children's genius was in the mother's genes? See this week's Musing.
Click to enlarge Anne's Sunday pic.

