With his two brothers Charles and Théodore, he took part in the American war. He will be elected by the nobility to the Estates General, but he quickly joins the Third Estate. He is distinguished from his two brothers by his active participation in the night of August 4th. Until the Legislative, he
Japanese poet, Yosano Akiko (1878 – 1942) publishes daring texts and collections of poetry, celebrating feminine sensuality or affirming her feminist and pacifist positions. She is considered one of the first Japanese feminists. A child with a passion for reading The third child of Hō Tsuya and
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal , known as the Marquise de Sévigné (1626 – 1696), is a French woman of letters known for her epistolary writings. A young widow Daughter of Marie de Coulanges and Celse-Bénigne de Rabutin, Baron de Chantal, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal was born February 5, 1626 in Paris. She l
Hélène Boucher (1908 – 1934) was a French aviator who broke numerous speed records. She also campaigned for womens right to vote, alongside Adrienne Bolland and Maryse Bastié. Aviator in honor of test pilot Jean Hubert Daughter of Élisabeth Hélène Dureau and Léon Boucher, architect, Hélène, nickn