Marie de gournay biography for kids
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Marie de Gournay
French writer
Marie de Gournay (French:[maʁidəɡuʁnɛ]ⓘ; 6 October , Paris &#; 13 July ) was a French writer, who wrote a novel and a number of other literary compositions, including The Equality of Men and Women (Égalité des hommes et des femmes, )[1] and The Ladies' Grievance (Grief des dames, ).[2] She insisted that women should be educated.
Marie de gournay biography for kids
Gournay was also an editor and commentator of Michel de Montaigne. After Montaigne's death, Gournay edited and published his Essays.
Life
She was born in Paris in [3] Her father, Guillaume Le Jars, was treasurer to King Henry III of France.
In he obtained feudal rights to the Gournay estate in Picardy, and in , after he purchased the Neufvy estate, he became Seigneur de Neufvy et de Gournay.[citation needed] The family moved to Gournay-sur-Aronde after her father's sudden death in [3]
Gournay was an autodidact.
She studied the humanities and t