Montanclos, Marie-Emilie Maryon de (1736–1812)

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Montanclos, Marie-Emilie Maryon de (1736–1812)

French journalist, feminist and playwright. Name variations: Mme de Montaclos; Baronne de Prinzen or Princen. Born 1736 in Aix, France; died 1812; married (died); married (legally sep.).

Succeeded Catherine Michelle de Maisonneuve as editor of Journal des Dames (1774), where she defended rights of women to education and independence, criticized frivolity of court, and re-evaluated motherhood as important role for women; plays include Le choix des fées (1782), Le fauteuil (1799), Robert le bossu (1799), Alison et Sylvain (1803), and La Bonne maîtresse (1804); prose writing published as Oeuvres diverses (1791); several pieces published in newspapers during Revolution and signed Madame de M. may have been written by her.

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