During the French Revolution in the 18th century, numerous eminent personalities emerged, yet exceptional women were scarce. When they transcended the shackles of traditional patriarchal culture and emerged, they displayed extraordinary valor, intellect, and tenacity in the world. Madame de Staël (1766-1817), this cultural colossus who adorned French history with myriad epithets: trailblazer of the European Romantic literary movement, pioneer of feminist literature, social critic, political activist, and “ideologist” “Queen,” was also hailed as one of the most brilliant women of her era. A gifted woman nurtured in a salon The original name of Mrs. Starr was Anna-Louise Germain Necker, affectionately known as Germaine, born in Paris in 1766. Her…