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Staël

American  
[stahl] / stɑl /

noun

  1. Madame de Baronne de Staël-Holstein, 1766–1817, French novelist, essayist, poet, and philosopher.


Staël British  
/ stal /

noun

  1. Madame de . full name Baronne Anne Louise Germaine (née Necker ) de Staël-Holstein . 1766–1817, French writer, whose works, esp De l'Allemagne (1810), anticipated French romanticism

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Some elite women, such as the French philosophers Émilie du Châtelet and Germaine de Staël, assumed leadership roles in the era’s vibrant intellectual debates and gained recognition for their contributions.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

From this meditation on punmanship, Geary next proceeds to a philosophical dialogue between Denis Diderot and Germaine de Staël.

From Washington Post Dec. 12, 2018

His televised presidential press conferences became media works of art as he deftly answered complex questions, handled reporters with aplomb and laced his responses with wit, quoting literary figures like the Frenchwoman Madame de Staël.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2017

But she got to Washington, impressed Letitia Baldrige, the first lady’s social secretary, and wrote a school newspaper article that made Ms. Baldrige mindful of Clare Boothe Luce and Madame de Staël.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2012

"Come here! come here!" said Madame de Staël, with a smile, and in an under tone.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

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