sentences:  The Society was founded in the early 1750s by Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Vesey and others, as a women's literary discussion group, a revolutionary step away from traditional, non-intellectual, women's activities.They invited various people (both women and men) to attend, including botanist, translator and publisher Benjamin Stillingfleet.One story tells that Stillingfleet was not rich enough to have the proper formal dress, which included black silk stockings and so he attended in everyday blue worsted stockings.