TY - BOOK AU - Gray,Francine du Plessix TI - Madame de Staël: the first modern women SN - 9781934633175 (trade) U1 - 944.04/092B 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Atlas & Co. KW - Staël, KW - Women intellectuals KW - France KW - Biography KW - Intellectuals KW - sears KW - Intellectual life KW - 18th century KW - 19th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246); Library Journal; Publisher's Weekly; Booklist; Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - Describes the life of Germaine de Staël, who was the daughter of Louis XVI's finance minister and wife of the Swedish ambassador to the French court, and discusses her reputation, ideals, writing, and exile ER -