A fact from Charlotte von Kalb appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 March 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Charlotte von Kalb(pictured) was generally judged unfavourably by women but she "fascinated nearly all the men she ever knew"?
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"Kalb was characterized as neurotic in her youth." Not possible. "Neurotic" was not an available category in Enlightenment Germany. What was the actual characterization and from whom? "Hysteric"? "willful"? --Wetman (talk) 11:35, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
From Bruford (1962): "In Mannheim, he had been strongly attracted by Charlotte von Kalb, an intelligent but neurotic young woman..." If you think the sentence should be reworded, please go for it. --Rosiestep (talk) 16:54, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]