In 1781, the first issue of The Lady's Poetical Magazine lauded Queen Charlotte (1744–1818) for her role in furthering the sciences, and indeed, to give but one example, the queen's interest in the geological researches of her reader, Jean André de Luc (1727–1817), induced him to write a treatise on his system for her perusal. Besides assembling a significant library containing volumes on all kinds of intellectual pursuits, she collected natural history specimens and scientific instruments, and employed, funded or corresponded with both male and female scientists, often by means of intermediaries. Like many other eighteenth-century women, the queen was aware of the significance of diligent networking, although she, too, as this article shows, faced particular difficulties when trying to assemble or access networks at court, despite her many connections to bluestockings, physicians, astronomers and botanists. Women's scientific interests have frequently been obscured by historiography's focus on the pursuits of male scientists: by uncovering female networks such as Queen Charlotte's, we get a chance to revise our notions of (elite) women's scientific pursuits in the eighteenth century.

1781 年，第一期《淑女诗刊》称赞夏洛特女王（1744-1818）在推动科学发展方面的作用，事实上，仅举一个例子，女王对她的读者让·安德烈·德的地质研究的兴趣Luc (1727-1817) 诱使他写了一篇关于他的系统的论文供她阅读。除了建立一个包含各种知识追求的重要图书馆外，她还收集自然历史标本和科学仪器，并经常通过中介雇用、资助或与男性和女性科学家通信。像许多其他 18 世纪的女性一样，女王意识到勤奋社交的重要性，尽管如本文所示，她在尝试在宫廷中组建或访问社交网络时也面临着特殊的困难，尽管她与蓝袜子、医生、天文学家和植物学家有许多联系。女性的科学兴趣经常被史学关注男性科学家的追求所掩盖：通过揭露诸如夏洛特女王的女性网络，我们有机会修改我们对 18 世纪（精英）女性科学追求的概念。