Does the Enlightenment’s Great Female Intellect Need Rescuing?
- Posted on October 28, 2024
- By The New Yorker
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Does the Enlightenment’s Great Female Intellect Need Rescuing?
Émilie du Châtelet’s scientific contributions were appreciated by some, then forgotten by all. But redeeming her as a mind shouldn’t undermine her as a woman.