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Victoria Woodhull: America’s First Female Presidential Candidate
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Livia Drusilla: The Matriarch of the Roman Empire
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Life and Lasting Influence of Elizabeth Taylor
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#onthisday April 2 1502, Arthur Tudor dies leaving his widow Catherine of Aragon in a sticky situations. And last year we invited @tandy_gutierrez to consult her cards and see what we can find out from the other side about 🍆 🍑... did they or didn`t they
Have you listened to the episode yet?
#history #podcastclips #thetudors
On this day in history, April 2 1870, Victoria Woodhull announced her bid for presidency. The catch? Women did not have the right to vote, so really couldn`t be running for president yet.
🇺🇸But when has women not being allowed the right to do something ever stopped Vicky before?
🇺🇸 We don`t LOVE that she named Frederick Douglass as her running mate without asking him, but that`s what she did! And began to campaign for the 1872 election.
🇺🇸 Y`all when we say Victoria was demonized for her desire to get into politics- we mean literally. She was called Mrs Satan. 👿 Which honestly, is pretty punk rock
🇺🇸 However, Ulysses S. Grant won this one (wooo.... another white man) (I actually don`t know anything about Ulysses S. Grant so, if he was cool I apologize.)
We have a three part series on Victoria Woodhull and her run for presidency doesn`t even come until the end of the second episode. Her life is so freaking cool. If you wanna learn more, the link is in the bio!
Did y`all watch America`s Next Top Model back in the day? We did, and now we fear we owe some apologies. Well, we watched the new doc and we are talking about it over on Patreon!
In this all levels patreon episode we get into:
💥 “we were all rooting for you” (and what we didn’t see)
💔 Shandi & how that situation was handled
⚖️ justice for Keenyah
📸 the photoshoots that absolutely should not have happened
👀 the Tyra vs the Jays drama
What were your thoughts on the documentary?
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!
#history #africanhistory #queens
