Walker Hall of Fame #2

Not only does George Sand make the Walker Hall of Fame, she also graces a seat at my Ultimate Hypothetical Dinner Party. Born Amandine- Lucile- Aurore Dupin, she broke many of the customs of her day, dressing in men's clothing in order to walk the Paris streets alone at a time when "noble" women were discouraged from independent travel. She left her husband and noble society to become a writer, taking the kids with, had a steamy affair with Chopin and Liszt, spent a winter or two in an abandonned monastery and was known to smoke a pipe.