Thomasine Bonaventure Quotes
Thomasine, Lady Percival (born Thomasine Bonaventure; c. 1470 – c. 1530), was a Cornish benefactress and founder of a school.The story is of a woman tending sheep when she was approached by a London merchant and asked whether she would care to work in his house in London. Having agreed she found herself working for him and then marrying him; and after him a second citizen of London and then a third, who had the honour of being elected Lord Mayor.
Random Thomasine Bonaventure quote
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Thomasine Bonaventure (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.