Why did Anna Seward choose to publish poems through Lady Miller’s Batheaston assemblies?

Anna Seward chose to present her poems at Lady Miller’s Batheaston assemblies between 1775 and 1781 primarily because she found the standards of politeness upheld by the participants to be appealing.1

These assemblies served as a crucial bridge for Seward, facilitating her transition from a private, local mode of collaborative writing and manuscript circulation to publishing at a national level. Her contributions were well received by the coterie, and she was awarded the highest prize—a myrtle wreath—on three separate occasions.1