Necker, Suzanne Curchod (1737 - 1794)

Short name Necker, Suzanne Curchod
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First name Suzanne
Birth name Curchod
Married name
Alternative name Suzanne Necker ,
Date of birth 1737
Date of death 1794
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Sex Female
Place of birth Crassier
Place of death Lausanne
Lived in France
Place of residence notes
Mother
Father
Children Staël, Germaine de
Religion / ideology Protestant
Education
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Necker, Suzanne Curchod was ...
related to Charrière, Isabelle de
related to Necker, Jacques
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Place(s) of Residence France
Receptions of Necker, Suzanne Curchod, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Author Date Type
Les femmes illustres de la France Isnard de Belley, Camille 1897 is biography of
Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, Portrait de Suzanne Curchod (Madame Jacques Necker), 17XX None is portrait of
MENTIONED IN: - Briquet 1804 - Larnac, Histoire de la littérature féminine en France, 1921 - Pléiade, 663 - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "She was of the opinion that the differences between the sexes were the result of education, and argued in favour of encouraging women to study". Sainte-Beuve, Causeries du Lundi, IV, 253(José Luis Diaz, "Sainte-Beuve chez les Muses", in Romantisme no 77, 1992, p. 80 n.2)
Not in MMF svdmay11. Acquainted with Belle de Zuylen/Isabelle de Charrière indirectly, through David-Louis Constant d'Hermenches: cf. corresp. OC II p. 58 (letter 283): "j'ai eu le plaisir de parler de vous avec une femme digne de vous connaître, c'est Mme Necker. Rendorp lui a beaucoup parlé de vous et lui a montré de vos lettres; votre conte du Noble plaît beaucoup ici, et on le demande pour le réimprimer." svdnov13 Married to Jacques Necker in 1764, 1 child (Germaine de Staël). Well educated. MENTIONED IN: - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, 43