Suzanne Curchod (1739 - 1794)

Short name Suzanne Curchod
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First name Suzanne
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Alternative name Suzanne Necker ,
Date of birth 1739
Date of death 1794
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Place of birth Switzerland
Place of death Switzerland
Lived in France
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Related to Germaine de Staël , Isabelle de Charrière , Jacques Necker
Bibliography MENTIONED IN: - Briquet 1804 - Larnac, Histoire de la littérature féminine en France, 1921 - Pléiade, 663 - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "She was of the opinion that the differences between the sexes were the result of education, and argued in favour of encouraging women to study". Sainte-Beuve, Causeries du Lundi, IV, 253(José Luis Diaz, "Sainte-Beuve chez les Muses", in Romantisme no 77, 1992, p. 80 n.2)
Provisional Notes Year of birth mentioned by BNF as 1737. Not in MMF svdmay11. Acquainted with Belle de Zuylen/Isabelle de Charrière indirectly, through David-Louis Constant d'Hermenches: cf. corresp. OC II p. 58 (letter 283): "j'ai eu le plaisir de parler de vous avec une femme digne de vous connaître, c'est Mme Necker. Rendorp lui a beaucoup parlé de vous et lui a montré de vos lettres; votre conte du Noble plaît beaucoup ici, et on le demande pour le réimprimer." svdnov13 Married to Jacques Necker in 1764, 1 child (Germaine de Staël). Well educated. MENTIONED IN: - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, 43
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