{"id":2165,"date":"2009-11-23T09:54:21","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T16:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/11\/the-first-modern-woman\/"},"modified":"2009-11-23T09:57:12","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T16:57:12","slug":"the-first-modern-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/23\/the-first-modern-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Modern Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Madame de Sta\u00ebl: The First Modern Woman<\/h2>\n

by\u00a0FRANCINE DU PLESSIX GRAY<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Madame de Sta\u00ebl has been made available for free through January 2010 thanks to the sponsorship of\u00a0Diane von Furstenberg<\/a>. Diane read the book recently and liked it so much that she wanted to share it with readers everywhere. If you’d like to get the paperback\u2014for yourself or for a gift\u2014click\u00a0here to buy it from Amazon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Few women, indeed few people, have had a greater hand in shaping their culture than the 18th century aristocrat Germaine de Sta\u00ebl. And few have done so in more spectacular fashion. For twenty years the Swiss-born Parisienne, the daughter of Jacques Necker, Louis XVI\u2019s finance minister, held sway over French society. Her reign spanned both the final days of Louis and the Napoleonic period. A prolific writer and notorious s\u00e9ductrice, she enjoyed whirlwind affairs with some of the most influential men of her time. Always attracting controversy, a staunch defender of constitutional rule, she was demonized by Napoleon for her forthrightness, her powerful intellect, and her prestigious salon, a hothouse of subversive ideas and sexual intrigue. The Emperor exiled her, on and off, for the last two decades of her life. To the end she was a force to reckon with: Lord Byron was among those who attended her in her final years.<\/p>\n

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