Ahead of Their Time: Emily De Chataleine (1748-1789)

Emily De Chataleine was an eighteenth century French aristocrat and patron of the arts with a keen interest in sciences. Dutifully, she bore three children to her husband while he was away on an expedition of Central Africa. She sympathized with the great thinkers of her generation, whose ideas and beliefs often put them in direct conflict with King Louis. She received a first class education from the men in her protection, the most prominent of whom was the great French card player, Henri Solitaire, to whom King Louis owed a large sum of money. But it was while she was protecting one of the young new soldiers in the town that she had her most profound insight on the physics of penetration. She later demonstrated her findings by dropping lead balls into a sandbox with a picture window. She had a close call when she became pregnant at an age which was hazardous for women of her age... (Baroque harpsichord music. De Chataleine's guest chamber.) Solitaire: Who was it, Emily? Who? It was not your husband. It was not me. It was not your cousin, Phillipe. It was not your music teacher. It was not your croquet instructor. Who was it? Was it the stable boy? De Chataleine: Maybe. I don't remember! Solitaire: Maybe? But the gardener says that he is the father! How much service does your estate need? She survived the birth of her child but then her life was abruptly and tragically cut short by the guillotine of the French Revolution.
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