Leonard C. Spitale, "Victorine Du Pont: The Force Behind the Family" (U Delaware Press, 2022)
Victorine Elizabeth du Pont, the first child of Eleuth\xe8re Ir\xe9n\xe9e du Pont and his wife Sophie, was seven years old when her family emigrated to America, where her father established the humble beginnings of what would become a corporate giant. Through correspondence with friends and relatives from the ages of eight to sixty-eight, Victorine unwittingly chronicled the first sixty years of the du Pont saga in America. As she recovered from personal tragedy, she became first tutor of her siblings and relations.\xa0\nLeonard C. Spitale's biography\xa0Victorine Du Pont: The Force Behind the Family\xa0(U Delaware Press, 2022) makes the case that Victorine has had the broadest\u2014and most enduring\u2014influence within the entire du Pont family of any family member. The intellectual heir of her venerable grandfather, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, although Victorine grew up in an age where women's opportunities were limited, her pioneering efforts in education, medicine, and religion transformed an entire millworkers\u2019 community.\nJane Scimeca\xa0is Professor of History at Brookdale Community College. @JaneScimeca1\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies