Salm-Dyck, Constance de (1767–1845)
Salm-Dyck, Constance de (1767–1845)
French poet, novelist and playwright. Name variations: Madame Pipelet; Princess of Salm-Dyck. Born Constance Marie de Theis, Nov 17, 1767, in Nantes, France; died April 13, 1845, in Paris, France; m. Jean-Baptiste Pipelet; m. Prince of Salm-Dyck, 1803; children: 1.
Well-known intellectual during the Napoleonic Empire whose writings were feminist in tone; countered Ecouchard-Lebrun's misogynist discourses with her "Epistle on Women"; works include Sapho (1794), Vingt-quatre heures d'une femme sensible (1924), and Souvenirs politiques et littéraires (1833); also wrote series of letters in verse (collected 1811).
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