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Christine de Pizan

 

Christine de Pizan (c. 1364-1430)

“Anyone who wanted could cite plentiful examples of exceptional women in the world today: it’s simply a matter of looking for them.”

  • The Book of the City of Ladies (Part I, chapter 41) by Christine de Pizan, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant (Penguin Classics, 1999).

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