Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, French businesswoman (died 1777)

Marie Thérèse Geoffrin

French salon holder, leading female figure in the French Enlightenment

Marie Thérèse Geoffrin was a French salon holder who has been referred to as one of the leading female figures in the French Enlightenment. From 1750 to 1777, Madame Geoffrin played host to many of the most influential Philosophes and Encyclopédistes of her time.