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Victoria Woodhull: America’s First Female Presidential Candidate
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Livia Drusilla: The Matriarch of the Roman Empire
When you think of Ancient Rome your mind likely goes to the men in charge. Augustus formed the empire. Nero…
Life and Lasting Influence of Elizabeth Taylor
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New Episode Alert! Have you ever heard of Queen Nzinga of Ndongo? What a force to be reckoned with.
My favorite story is that when she went to make a peace treaty with the Portuguese (who were trying to take her lands), as a sign of disrespect, they did not offer her a chair to sit in. Instead of accepting the shade and sitting on the floor, Nzinga called over one of her attendants and sat on his back instead.
She sat eye level with the Portuguese AND got the peace treaty. 🫳🎤
Check out this episode wherever you get your pods!
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Portugal tried to make Queen Nzinga sit on the floor and her response was legendary. 🔥 Clip from our latest episode!
Have you ever heard of Nzinga of Ndongo before?
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I will share these two memes every st Patrick`s day idgaf
Françoise Raucourt was out here being talented, messy, gay, and famous in 18th century Paris… and everyone was loving it.
Until suddenly they weren’t.
This clip is from a Patreon episode of Katy’s Corner where I interview Bash from @historical.homos about one of the wildest queer stories of the French Revolution era.
#QueerHistory #WomensHistory #FrenchHistory #LGBTQHistory #HistoryReels
The Olympics are supposed to be about unity, athletic excellence, and the triumph of the human spirit…
…but history says bribery, sabotage, political protest, and absolute chaos. 🥴
🏅From Tommie Smith raising a Black Power salute that shocked the world in 1968
🏅to the very normal and chill Tonya Harding / Nancy Kerrigan figure skating drama
🏅to Ryan Lochte drunkenly inventing an international robbery scandal…
👀 We’re diving into some of the wildest Olympic scandals ever over on our Patreon (all levels)
Want the full chaotic stories?
Link in bio, athletes.
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We had the displeasure of speaking about John of England at lengths on our most recent episode on his second wife, Isabella of Angoulême... and we I think our facial expressions tell you all you need to know about how we feel about this guy.
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Ever since Isabella of Angouleme was a child she was just a ploy and the games the men in her life played... But she was really beautiful so that makes it even grosser
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we are history girls and we are TIRED
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