I learned that she had become Napoleon's official aeronaut. She rose at his fetes and celebrations. He once said, 'Courage is the value I most admire, and I have never seen it in a woman.'
There was a time, very recently in our history, when African-Americans were not permitted to serve in combat units alongside white American soldiers. That changed only in the closing days of World War Two as told masterfully in David Colley's book.
I learned that she had become Napoleon's official aeronaut. She rose at his fetes and celebrations. He once said, 'Courage is the value I most admire, and I have never seen it in a woman.' 
