Madeleine de Puisieux

In 1745, she achieved her goal and with the help of her friend, Denis Diderot[1] she published one of her first works entitled Les Caractères sometime in the year 1750.

[3] Madeleine de Puisieux had a longtime relationship with fellow philosopher, art critic, Denis Diderot from 1746 to 1755.

[4] Puisieux published one of her most famous works in 1750 entitled, La femme n'est pas inférieure à l'homme [fr] ('Woman is Not Inferior to Man').

[5] She based these questions found in the 1405 publication, La Cité des dames ('The City of Ladies') by Christine de Pisan.

[7] This made her name a well-known one among the population as Puisieux wanted to encourage girls to know about gender equality with feminism as her platform of teaching.

Cover of the well known publication, La Femme n'est pas inférieure à l'homme that Puisieux published in 1750.