Happy Birthday to Émilie Du Châtelet (Dec 17, 1706 - Sep 10, 1749), French natural philosopher, mathematician and physicist. A fierce advocate of women's education, Du Châtelet wrote - “If I were king, I would redress an abuse which cuts back, as it were, one half of human kind. I would have women participate in all human rights, especially those of the mind. This new system of education that I propose would in all respects be beneficial to the human species ..." www.google.com/books/edition/Selected_Philosophical_and_Scientific_Wr/TgDSoGgR5YMC?hl=en&gbpv=1 1/n