26 Facts About Solange Hertz

Nellie Solange Strong Hertz was an American traditionalist Catholic author, who published almost two dozen books on Catholicism, and wrote for magazines The Remnant and America.

Solange Hertz's writings were strongly conservative and defended topics such as capital punishment, monarchy, and gender roles.

Solange Hertz was the first woman to ever be offered a scholarship to Georgetown University, though she instead elected to attend the American University, at the age of 15.

Gustav's body was finally returned to Solange Hertz and buried in their hometown after three decades.

Nellie Solange Hertz Strong was born in Washington, DC, on January 1,1920, the only child to John Logan Strong and Andree Laurans Strong.

At age 15, Solange Hertz graduated from Western High School in Washington, DC, as the class valedictorian.

Solange Hertz was the first female recipient of the school's scholarship to the all-male Georgetown University.

Solange Hertz had unexpectedly won the scholarship with an essay about the US Constitution, that she had written in 1935 as a senior at Western High School.

The Solange Hertz family resided for some time in Vietnam, enjoying the local Vietnamese way of life.

Solange Hertz initially preferred living among the Vietnamese to American life, despite occasional Viet Cong terrorism.

Solange Hertz's frantic calls to US military authorities eventually lead to the opening of an investigation.

Solange Hertz tried enlisting the help of Catholic clergy as well as the French.

Solange Hertz later buried her husband in 2002 in the cemetery of the family church, St John the Apostle in Leesburg, Virginia.

Solange Hertz was a prolific writer, supporting her five children in part with the publication of almost two dozen books on Catholicism and spiritualism.

Solange Hertz's work was featured in several local publications, including the Loudoun Times-Mirror, the Washington Evening Star, Antiques magazine and others.

Solange Hertz wrote for numerous Catholic periodicals and magazines such as America, Immaculata, The Remnant, Triumph, and others.

Solange Hertz was opposed to both artificial contraception, which the Catholic Church considers "intrinsically evil", and Natural Family Planning, which it deems permissible in limited circumstances.

Solange Hertz asserted that Jesus and the Virgin Mary did not ever possess nocturnal emissions or menstruation, respectively, due to the fact that both are a result of Original Sin.

Solange Hertz was a critic of Feminism, often writing that gender distinction was divinely ordered.

Solange Hertz's view was that a woman's role as a housewife and mother did not make her inferior to men, but significant and equal in her own unique right.

Solange Hertz was critical towards the French Revolution, stating its effect must not be minimized.

Solange Hertz likewise considered Charles X to be the last true King of France, on the basis that the other four French monarchs after Louis XVI's execution were never "anointed or consecrated by any prelate of the Holy Catholic Church".

Solange Hertz distinguished Napoleon I's ceremonial coronation from that of an anointed one, and stated that Napoleon came to power due to the French people's "natural craving for monarchy".

Solange Hertz's writings developed deep into the topic of sin and how to resist it.

Solange Hertz died at age 95 on October 3,2015, at a nursing home in Leesburg, Virginia.

Solange Hertz had previously been admitted to hospice in 2014 due to severe respiratory distress, which she faced with her "sense of humor" intact.