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Theresa Pulszky

Theresa Pulszky, also known as Terézia Pulszky, was an Austro-Hungarian author and translator. Born in a Viennese family, she moved to Pest, Hungary after marrying her husband Ferenc Pulszky. Her experiences in Hungary and her subsequent escape from the country during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 to London, England was written down in diary form and published in 1850 as the highly acclaimed book Memoirs of a Hungarian Lady. She and her husband published several more works together from their later experiences and in translated Hungarian stories, poems, and culture for English audiences. Together with her family, she traveled across the United States alongside abdicated Hungarian leader Lajos Kossuth in 1853, resulting in another positively reviewed book on their experiences in America.

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Landlady of Castle Szecseny Born on 7 January 1819 as Theresa Walter to a wealthy Viennese banker, 1848 revolution and escape When news of the French Revolution of 1848 reached them, her husband joined her at Vienna from Pressburg and they left on 9 March to return to Pest. It was only after their arrival that they were notified of the revolution that had happened in Austria, including Vienna, just days after their departure. Not long after, the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 occurred and spread to Pest and Pulszky gave passports to her children and servants, sending them away from the manor to a neighboring country and she followed a few days later at the end of March. Staying in a mountainous region until February 1849, she was notified that conflict was again spreading to the area and caused her and the two children to have to find a new home to stay in. This occurred several more times as Pulszky was approaching the birth of her third child. She attempted to get a message to her parents to Vienna in order to have new passports made, but the maid carrying the letter was identified and imprisoned. By April 1849, the conflict had subsided and Pulszky and her family were able to return to their manor in Pest. She visited Buda in late May and took note of ongoing conflicts involving the Russian and Austrian armies that were forming in the north of Hungary. Determined to find a way to pass through to western Europe, she visited the city of Debrecen where the new government resided during the revolution. She spent several days trying and failing to convince Lajos Kossuth to provide her a passport before she turned back toward Pest. They decided to travel onward with him to the United States and join him on his trip across the country, departing from Cowes on 20 November 1851 aboard the Humboldt. After their tour in the United States, both the Pulszky family and Kossuth returned to live in London, England. At that time in 1854, they had five children and were making around £400 annually. Despite her father's wealth, he was not allowed to send any money to support her and the manor estate in Pest had been seized by Austrian authorities over the previous years and converted into a hospital. Pulszky's 1852 book The Tradition of the Hungarian Race (U.S. edition) included a portrait of her, an essay, and 20 Hungarian myths and legends including "The Baron's Daughter" and "The Hungarian Outlaws". She and her husband recounted their travels in the U.S. with Kossuth in the 1853 book White, Red, Black: Sketches of Society in the United States During the Visit of Their Guest. Pulszky was a musician and participated in private concerts at house parties. The Daily News noted a performance on 19 July 1853 reporting she had the "skill of a thorough musician" and the "smooth, legato touch" required to play the seraphine. She died on 4 September 1866 from cholera, a day after one of her daughters died from typhus. ==Bibliography==
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