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and stayed closed until 1892.

There was another reason why wmnwomen werenever able to devote themselves to Art (lit.litterature ptgpainting or music)they simply lacked the meal and material dis-posal of their time.

When one reads the biography of artists, one always finds out that they had by their side a secretary - servant - mistress - nurse - the same sometimes in all functions - to spare them every-day problems.

The word Muse has no masc.masculin in French : wmnwomennever had the equivalent and still don't.

And that is one of the reasons why thefew wmnwomen whose names appeared in litt.litterature through the past centuries were mostly nuns, or widows, orunmarried . Or homosexuals.

Sappho

Héloïse, in the XIIeème c.ycentury, begun writing her famous love letters from a convent, when she was separatedfrom Abelard.

Chr.Christine de Pisan, 14th fourteenthc.ycentury, our 1rstfirst writer and a feministone - had the chance - if I dare so - to becomea widow very young around 20. She had 4 fourchil-dren to bring up and thus became the 1rstfirst wmnwoman toearn her living by writing.

Mme de Lafayette, author of LA PRINCESSE DE CLEVESlived separated. Mme de Staël too.

Mme de Sévigné was a widow. Mme de Maintenonalso. mariée à 12 ans à un bossu, Scarron veuve à 23 ans avec 7 enftsenfants

George Sand divorced very young and did not remarry, which enabled her to produce more than 30 novels.

The 1rstfirst  wmnwoman painter to have international