▁young ▁women ▁" int el lect ually ▁prepared ▁for ▁work ▁of ▁university ▁grade , ▁appeared ▁at ▁the ▁proper ▁time ▁and ▁place ▁for ▁en roll ment ." ▁They ▁were ▁admitted ▁to ▁study ▁medicine ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Paris . ▁ ▁The ▁Ber ry ▁family , ▁head ed ▁by ▁a ▁civil ▁servant ▁named ▁Gabriel ▁Ber ry , ▁lived ▁with ▁the ▁Bar ra u ▁family ▁in ▁their ▁sp a cious ▁villa ▁in ▁Paris ▁and ▁shared ▁their ▁commit ment ▁to ▁giving ▁their ▁children ▁an ▁advanced ▁education . ▁Madame ▁Ber ry ▁managed ▁domestic ▁arrang ements ▁while ▁Madame ▁de ▁Bar ra u ▁form ulated ▁the ▁educational ▁theories ▁and ▁plans . ▁The ▁Ber rys ▁were ▁the ▁in - la ws ▁of ▁The odore ▁St anton . ▁His ▁sister ▁Har ri ot ▁St anton ▁Bl atch ▁visited ▁them ▁in ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 1 , ▁and ▁described ▁Caroline ▁de ▁Bar ra u ▁as ▁" an ▁exception al ▁daughter ▁of ▁France ▁of ▁the ▁arist ocr atic , ▁protest ant ▁element ." ▁ ▁Har ri ot ▁recorded , ▁" It ▁was ▁during ▁this ▁visit ▁in ▁Paris ▁that ▁Madame ▁de ▁Bar ra u ▁bro ached ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁... ▁I ▁should ▁return ▁for ▁the ▁winter ▁to ▁study ▁econom ics ▁at ▁the ▁famous ▁School ▁of ▁Political ▁Econom y " ▁in ▁Paris . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 3 ▁Caroline ▁de ▁Bar ra u ▁esc orted ▁Susan ▁B . ▁Anthony ▁around ▁Paris . ▁Anthony ▁was ▁grateful ▁for ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁she ▁spoke ▁English . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 4 ▁the ▁French ▁Chamber