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Blanche Monnier (1849-1913), often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers, was a spinster in Poitiers, France who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her mother for 25 years. Blanche Monnier had not seen sunlight for 20 years.〔〔〔 At age 25, Blanche Monnier had set her heart on marrying a lawyer, who was not to her mother's liking. Her disapproving mother locked her in a tiny room for 27 years. On May 23, 1901 the Paris Attorney General received an anonymous letter that revealed the secret incarceration. She was found in appalling conditions and rescued by police.〔〔 Her mother became ill shortly after being arrested, and died 15 days later. Her brother, Marcel, appeared in court, and was initially convicted but later was acquitted on appeal; Blanche was mentally incapacitated, and although the judges criticized his choices, they found that a "duty to rescue" did not exist in the penal code at that time.〔〔 Having been released from the room, Blanche Monnier's continuing mental problems soon led to her admission to a psychiatric hospital, where she died in 1913.〔 In 1930, André Gide published a book about the incident, ''La Séquestrée de Poitiers'', changing little but the names of the protagonists.〔〔 == See also == * Genie: A similar case of a young girl who was also kept socially isolated by her parents until the age of 13 years old. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blanche Monnier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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