jaded-mandarin:

Nicolas de Largilli&egrave;re. Portrait de la Marquise du Ch&acirc;telet.

Gabrielle &Eacute;milie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Ch&acirc;telet was a French mathematician, physicist, and author during the Age of Enlightenment. Her crowning achievement is considered to be her translation and commentary on Isaac Newton&rsquo;s work Principia Mathematica. The translation, published posthumously in 1759, is still considered the standard French translation.
Voltaire, one of her lovers, declared in a letter to his friend King Frederick&nbsp;II of Prussia that du Ch&acirc;telet was &ldquo;a great man whose only fault was being a woman&rdquo;.


I wrote a paper on her for my Science, Medicine, &amp;amp; Society in Medieval Europe class and fell in love with her. She&amp;#8217;s so awesome. 