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... Jeanne Villepreux-Power. ... Villepreux-Power is known as one of the first women in science in the world. ... Villepreux-Power was born in Juillac (Correze), a small village in France, in 1794. ... She became a talented dressmaker’s assistant and through her fame as the creator of a wedding gown for a Bourbon princess, she met and married a rich and noble English merchant, James Power, who was living in Messina in Sicily at the time. (Unfortunately I am unable to find any information on the family of her husband except that their names were Lucas Power and Anne Cuffe). Jeanne and James were married in 1818, in Messina and lived together in Sicily for over 20 years. ... Villepreux-Power taught herself natural history, and traveled throughout Sicily recording, describing and collecting the natural riches of the island. ... Villepreux-Power was not satisfied with purely descriptive studies of dead specimens; she was excited by life and its mysteries. ... Villepreux-Power carried out experimental observations on the paper nautilus, Argonauta Argo, tackling mysteries, which had lain unresolved since the writings of Aristotle and Pliny the Elder.
Approximate Word count = 842
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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