Lady and the Octopus

Born in a small village in eighteenth-century France, Jeanne Villepreux wasn’t expected to transform marine science.Curious, creative, and clever, Jeanne ventured to Paris by foot as a teenager. After achieving acclaim as a seamstress, she met a wealthy merchant and traveled with him to Sicily, where they married. Rather than settling into a life of domesticity on this beautiful island, she set ou...