Valérie de Gasparin
Valérie Boissier, comtesse de Gasparin was a Swiss woman of letters. She was a spokeswoman in topics such as freedom, equality and creativity.
Biography
She was born at Geneva. She was the wife of Agénor de Gasparin. She lived a great part of her life in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, and was a prolific writer on religion, social topics and travel. She was conspicuous as an opponent of religious and social innovations. Several of her books were translated into English, the books of 1859 being read very widely in the United States in their English form.She opened with her husband the first nursing school in the world ; L’école La Source
Works
In addition to a number of translations of English and American authors, she published:Le mariage au point de vue chrétien, a work which won the Montyon prize from the French Academy Allons faire fortune à Paris Un livre pour les femmes mariées Il y a des pauvres à Paris et ailleurs, which also won the Montyon prize Quelques défauts des Chrétiens d'aujourd'hui Des corporations monastiques au sein du protestantisme Les horizons prochains Les horizons célestes Vesper Les tristesses humaines Au bord de la mer La lèpre sociale Journey in the South by an IgnoramusRead and Judge, strictures on the Salvation ArmyUnder French Skies or Sunny Fields and Shady Woods Edelweiss: poésies; l’auteur des horizons prochains- ''Sur les montagnes''