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On election day, 1872, Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president, sat in a jail cell, thwarting her plan to vote (for herself) as a form of protest.
I mean, it was literally illegal for her to vote anyway and she had no chance of winning, but this whole story is just really fucking annoying so I figured we`d discuss it today. Feels topical. IDK.
✨️ Victoria Woodhull: child psychic turned Wallstreet girlie turned newspaper pioneer turned presidential candidate. This girl said "how hard can it be. boys do it" and ran for president. However, women would not have the right to vote for a 48 years.
✨️ Vicky was hated by most in the nation for her radical notions of (checks notes) equality and not being forced to stay in a loveless marriage.
✨️ Earlier that year, Vicky and her sister, Tennessee, had ran a story about an evangelical preacher, Henry Ward Beecher`s sex scandal. It was... this whole thing.
✨️ Well, along came the morality police. Literally. This fucking guy is Anthony Comstock. I HATE this man. For some reason we gave him, a postal service worker, the authority to arrest people for publishing "smut".
✨️ And that is why, on the day she planned to make such a protest for the right for women to vote (which she argued we already had under 14 & 15th Amendments) she sat in jail with her sister and husband.
Moral of the story? Fuck Anthony Comstock.
And also vote. Elections have been happening in this country for 235 years and women have only been allowed to participate in them for 114. And that`s just white women.
So, if you haven`t already, please bring your wondering uterus to the polls and vote today.
#womeninhistory #ushistory #unitedstateshistory #votefortheloveofgod
The incredibly quotable Shirley Chisholm, ladies and gentlemen. We didn`t have time to go over all of her best quips, so if we missed your fave, please let us know in the comments! You can also check out our episode on her today (link in bio).
And if you`re not familiar, Shirley was the first black woman to be elected to the US Congress in 1968. Despite setbacks and literally not being given a seat at the table, she was determined to make her mark 👏 and 👏 she 👏 did 👏.
Then, because smashing glass ceilings was kinda her whole thing, she went on to be the first woman of color to seek a major party presidential nomination in 1972. Her bid was unsuccessful, but she gained SO much traction and was able to reach more people and expand on her goals to educate America.
We would not have a woman of color on a major political party ticket for 52 years.
#womeninhistory #blackhistory #americanhistory #ushistory #vote #presidents #womeninpolitics #historypodcast
Happy birthday to Marie Antoinette, who was born on this day in 1755. In honor of her, let`s have a look at some of the fabulous women who have played her over the years.
Which ones have you seen? Which portrayals have you loved or... not loved so much?
🍰 I`m not going to lie. When I think of Marie Antoinette, I think of Kirsten Dunst in Sofia Coppola`s 2006 movie. Though not everyone loved it, I could just look at these costumes all day. Was it annoying that she had an American accent? Kind of. Any more annoying that the Borgias all having English accents? No?
🍰 Taking it way way back to the silent film era. In 1938, silent film actress Norma Shearer starred in `Marie-Antoinette`. The film earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in 1939, but she lost out to Bette Davis.
🍰 Michèle Morgan in `Marie Antoinette Queen of France` (1956). This one was a French-Italian film that I`d never heard of before! Has anyone seen it?
🍰 Did y`all know Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman played Marie Antoinette?? And do y`all see how GEORGEOUS she is here? Jane Seymour in `La Révolution française` (1989) serving all kinds of everything. 2 part film was shot in French, German, and English and is considered to be super historically accurate.
🍰 Sorry, I could not do just 1 Kirsten Dunst pic.
🍰 Diane Kruger in Farewell, My Queen (2012) toys with Marie`s possibly less-than-platonic relationship with her gal pals. God, she`s gorgeous too!
🍰 And the latest mini-series PBS`s Marie Antoinette (2022) starring Emilia Schüle. There have been too many period pieces lately so let me know in the comments what you think!
#history #historicaldrama #frenchhistory #womeninhistory
SoOoOOoo sexy #FeministRage
Earlier this month, I got to check something off my bucket list. I finally made it to Edinburgh & checked out Holyrood Palace. The scene of the crime in the murder of David Rizzio.
You may be asking, who was David Rizzio & why is there a blood-stained memorial to him in this historic palace? Well, let me tell you!
🗡️ David Rizzio was an Italian courtier who worked his way up the foodchain and landed a sweet gig as the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots.
🗡️ Mary had recently married her cousin, Lord Darnley. A mistake she immediately regretted because this guy was a LIABILITY.
🗡️ Was Mary sleeping with Rizzio? Was Darnley sleeping with Rizzio? Was Darnley delusional and drunk? WHO KNOWS! Either way, in March 1566 Darnley had Rizzio brutally murdered.
🗡️ Right in front of the very pregnant Mary, Darnley had Rizzio stabbed up to FIFTY SEVEN TIMES. That is what historical professionals call...excessive.
🗡️ Rizzio`s murder caused a domino effect that would lead to Darnley`s murder & Mary`s forced abdication.
If you want to learn more about that- you can check out our history`s mysteries episode on it feature resident tarot reader, @tandy_gutierrez (link in bio)
#history #maryqueenofscots #mqos #holyrood #holyroodpalace #historypodcast #womeninhistory #queens
New episode alert! Have you ever heard of Yaa Asantewaa? We are obsessed with this strong woman who did what she needed to do to preserve her culture.
We think y`all are gonna fall in love with her too! Check this out on @spotifyforpodcasters @spotifypodcasts or wherever you get your podcasts!
cheers, bitches
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The Queens are in spooky season mode! From a party this weekend. Nathan, a transgender alien, and Katy was a cat from Springfield.