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Chapter One: “Once Upon A Time… In Nazi-Occupied France” - Inglourious Basterds (2009)

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Psych Rewatch | 6.08: The Tao of Gus

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The Victors of the Hunger Games

So when I get obsessed with a new thing, I literally need to know everything about it, even if that means making shit up. Thankfully, that means I can produce some decent, accurate content, so here that is! I made a list of all of the “known” Hunger Games victors. The canon ones are bolded, but the rest of them are named based on their district (I got the name inspiration from this naming guide). 

Huge credits to @one-mopeyboi for this idea!

I know that canonically Districts 1 and 2 have the best chance of having a lot of Victors, so I made sure that was represented, as well as when the career programs began (I have a headcanon that after the career programs were implemented, Districts 1 and 2 went on a winning streak for years). This is similar to District 4, though I think that their “career system” is hugely different than the first two districts, so they probably had fewer victors. I included statistics at the end (how many victors came from each district, genders, ages, etc..).

During the first ten games, even though District 2 didn’t have a career program, I think they still had a lot of victors due to them being the defense and masonry district -- possible peacekeepers-in-training could have been reaped, or just kids who grew up around weapons and fighting. That’s why they appear so much in the first ten years, even though the first ten years were so disorganized! 

I also gave some of my favs last names based on my interpretation of their characters, much like Suzanne Collins put a lot of time and effort into naming other characters! I’ll explain their last names when they come up!

A lot of canon victors had a range in which they could have won their games, so take any victor marked with an asterisk (*) is an up for interpretation -- add or subtract five years from their set date in this list and you should still be in the ballpark in which they won their games. Also, the ages at which they won their games are speculated and headcanons mostly, so do with those what you wish!

Ominis Jing / D1 / M18

Indigo Andrews / D8 / M16

Severus Florez / D2 / M17

Hercules Caine / D7 / M15

Atticus Gomez / D2 / M18

Vizio Everest / D3 / M18

Beatrix Regime / D2 / F17 (First female Victor)

Selerate Vega / D6 / M17

Nucleo Lamont / D5 / M18

Lucy Gray Baird / D12 (Covey) / F16 (MEMORY ERASED)

Mags Flannigan (nee Navarro) / D4 / F18 (Possibly implemented the career program in District 4 a few years after her win, and after Districts 1 and 2 implemented theirs. This is a headcanon of mine!)

Mercury Chow / D1 / M17 (Marks the beginning of “Career Districts”)

Remus Prasio / D2 / M18 

Sterling Ryfe / D2 / F18 (First time a district had a Victor two years in a row)

Victoria Argyros / D1 / F17

Cicero Shale / D2 / M16

Woof Damask / D8 / M15 *

Makari Perch / D4 / F17

Pompeii Rhine / D4 / M18

Octavio Pyrite / D2 / M17

Nyx Maelstrom / D4 / F15

Night Raleigh / D7 / F17

Ardor Maron / D1 / M18

Ting Harta / D1 / M16

Celestia Dean / D5 / F17

Seeder Harrow / D11 / F15 *

Aphrodite Penz / D1 / F18

Ceres Tritt / D9 / M16

Parsley Citron / D11 / M18

Aquarius Mokosh / D4 / M17

Spruce Hawthorn / D7 / M17

Willow Elwood / D7 / F15 (First winning streak of a non-Career district)

Olympio Knight / D6 / M16

Elixer Dynamo / D1 / M18

Lazurus Yuki / D2 / M17

Twix Serratos / D10 / M15

Tanzanite Valor / D1 / M18

Porter Millicent Tripp / D6 / F15

Tameo Swift / D5 / M16

Ciabette Pizelle / D9 / F17

Denver Propel / D6 / M16

Phyllite Hatch / D2 / F16

Beetee Latier / D3 / M16 *

Broze Aegis / D2 / M18

Chaff Pitaya / D11 / M17

Marrow Banker / D10 / M18

Wiress Latier (neē Neith) / D3 / F18 * 

Thetis Firth / D4 / M16

Cloque Madder / D8 / M17

Haymitch Abernathy / D12 / M16 (“First” D12 winner)

Brutus Castor / D2 / M18 *

Brasilia Cadillac / D6 / F17

Vestis Thompson / D1 / M18

Lyme Rabe / D2 / F18

Blight Page / D7 / M16 *

Emmer Graham / D9 / M18

Mirabelle Ortega / D11 / F17

Dahlia Celsius / D5 / F17

Eloquence Fleur / D1 / F18

Lennox Rodriguez / D10 / F17

Celia Khampan / D8 / F17 *

Enobaria Calypso / D2 / F15 (Calypso means hidden or concealed -- as an Enobaria lover who definitely sees past the whole “brutal” teeth thing, I definitely think that she has a lot of hidden rage towards the Capitol, even though people in District 2 notoriously side with the Capitol. Not only this, but she was seen running with Finnick during the breaking of the arena in Catching Fire, which I definitely interpret as she was either secretly working with Finnick or had some type of solidarity with him to be able to not attack him while running -- meaning she hid this tolerability from her district and the Capitol. I could make an entire post about Enobaria, but I’ll leave it at that.)

Gloss Mirat / D1 / M18 (Mirat means mirror -- Gloss and Cashmere were mirrors of each other -- two siblings going into the games seperately, then immensly regretting it as soon as they won for the same or different reasons. Then, they had to reenter the game together, knowing that one or both of them would die in the arena, but showing the Capitol excitement, anyway, because that is was District 1 taught them to do. They mirror each other and what their district wants them to be.)

Cashmere Mirat / D1 / F17 ^^

Finnick Odair / D4 / M14

Maze Targaren / D10 / M15

Augustus Braun / D1 / M17

Maida Pondaro / D9 / F18

 Cable Denoir / D3 / M17

Annie Cresta / D4 / F18

Johanna Mason / D7 / F17

Obsidian Trenton / D2 / M17

Lazulia Mace / D2 / F16

Katniss Everdeen / D12 / F16 and Peete Mellark / D12 / M16

NOT APPLICABLE

Victor Stats

District 1 Total Victors: 13 Male Victors: 9 Female Victors: 4 Average Age: 17 (17.54)

District 2 Total Victors: 15 Male Victors: 9 Female Victors: 6 Average Age: 17 (17.07)

District 3 Total Victors: 4 Male Victors: 3 Female Victors: 1 Average Age: 17 (17.25)

District 4 Total Victors: 8 Male Victors: 4 Female Victors: 4 Average Age: 16 (16.63)

District 5 Total Victors: 4 Male Victors: 2 Female Victors: 2 Average Age: 17

District 6 Total Victors: 5 Male Victors: 3 Female Victors: 2 Average Age: 16 (16.2)

District 7 Total Victors: 6 Male Victors: 3 Female Victors: 3 Average Age: 16 (16.17)

District 8 Total Victors: 4 Male Victors: 3 Female Victors: 1 Average Age: 16 (16.25)

District 9 Total Victors: 4 Male Victors: 2 Female Victors: 2 Average Age: 17 (17.25)

District 10 Total Victors: 4 Male Victors: 3 Female Victors: 1 Average Age: 16 (16.25)

District 11 Total Victors: 4 Male Victors: 2 Female Victors: 2 Average Age: 16 (16.75)

District 12 Total Victors: 3 (4) Male Victors: 2 Female Victors: 1 (2) Average Age: 16

ALL VICTORS Total Victors: 75 Male Victors: 44 Female Victors: 31 Average Age: 16 (16.7)

let me know if you spot any mistakes and I'll fix them!

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The Seven Samurai of Zap: from left, Rick Griffin, Spain Rodriguez, Robert Williams, R. Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, S. Clay Wilson and Victor Moscoso.

Credit...Suzanne Williams

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[throwawaytherapist]

Here it is ladies! A list of female biographies! Highly anticipated by nobody but myself! This took a long time, so I hope it might be enjoyable to at least some people. I'll add to this whenever I feel like it. A few things before I begin:

1. The list is (roughly) organized alphabetically by the subjects last name.

2. The subjects occupation (if they had one) will be labeled with a corresponding symbol (i.e. painter = 🎨, writer =✏️, and so on and so forth). Books about same sex attracted women (lesbian or bi women) and women of color are labeled. Occupations that cannot be easily represented by symbols will simply be stated.

3. Biographies written or co-written by men will have with 🧔 after their names.

4. The subjects full birth name will be in brackets after the title.

5. If you're curious about a book and want more information or content warnings, please message me. I'll help as best I can.

•Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams by Lynne Withey [Abigail Adams] (Activist)

•Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life by Natalie Dykstra [Marian Hooper Adams]

•Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams by Louisa Thomas [Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams]

•Jane Addams: Spirit in Action by Louise W. Knight [Jane Addams] (Activist, SSA)

•Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet by Roberta Reeder [Anna Andreyevna Gorenko] (✏️)

•Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women by Harriet Reisen [Louisa May Alcott] (Activist, SSA,✏️)

•Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva by Rosemary Sullivan [Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva] (✏️)

•Marian Anderson, A Singers Journey by Allen Keiler 🧔 [Marian Anderson] (WOC, Activist, 🎙)

•The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World by Shelley Emling [Mary Anning] (🦕)

•Susan B. Anthony: A Biography by Kathleen Barry [Susan B. Anthony] (Activist, SSA)

•Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser [Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne] (👑)

•Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography by Marion Meade [Eleanor of Aquitaine] (👑)

•Catherine of Aragon: Infanta of Spain, Queen of England by Theresa Earenfight [Catherine of Aragon] ( 👑)

•Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise by Lucinda Hawksley [Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll] (👑)

•Everything She Touched: Life of Ruth Asawa by Marilyn Chase [Ruth Aiko Asawa] (WOC, Sculptor)

•Jane Austen: A Life by Carol Shields [Jane Austen] (✏️)

•Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman: Mariana of Austria and the Government of Spain by Silvia Z. Mitchell [Mariana of Austria] (👑)

•The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria by Brigette Hamann [Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary] (👑)

•Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Cosmic Art of Lucille Ball by Stefan Kanfer 🧔 [Lucille Désirée Ball] (🎥)

•Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara by Eve Golden [Theodosia Burr Goodman, "Theda Bara"] (📽)

•Wild Heart: A Life: Natalie Clifford Barney and the Decadence of Literary Paris by Suzanne Rodriguez [Natalie Clifford Barney] (SSA, ✏️)

•Josephine: The Hungry Heart by Jean-Claude Baker 🧔 [Freda Josephine McDonald Baker] (WOC, SSA, Dancer, 📽)

•A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and The Civil War by Stephan B. Oates 🧔 [Clarissa Harlowe Barton] (🩺)

•Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess Erzsébet Báthory by Kimberly L. Craft [Countess Erzsébet Báthory de Ecsed] (Serial Killer)

•Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography by Deirdre Bair [Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir] (Activist, ✏️)

•The Secret Life of Aphra Behn by Janet Todd [Aphra Behn] (✏️)

•Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach [Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell] (Archaeologist)

•Vanessa Bell: Portrait of the Bloomsbury Artist by Frances Spalding [Vanessa Stephen Bell] (🎨)

•Ingrid Bergman by Grace May Carter [Ingrid Bergman] (🎥)

•Sarah Bernhardt: The Divine and Dazzling Life of the World's First Superstar by Catherine Reef [Henriette-Rosine Bernard, "Sarah Bernhardt"] (🎭)

•Annie Besant: An Autobiography by Annie Besant [Annie Wood Besant] (Activist, ✏️)

•Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto [Benazir Bhutto] (WOC, Prime Minister)

•Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age by Fiona Maddocks [Saint Hildegard] (Abbess, Musician)

•Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven [Ada Delutuk Blackjack] (WOC, Explorer)

•The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimura [Elizabeth Blackwell, Emily Blackwell] (🩺)

•Lady Icarus: Balloonomania and the Brief, Bold Life of Sophie Blanchard by Deborah Noyes [Marie Madeleine-Sophie Armant Blanchard] (🎈)

•Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth by Marion Meade [Helena Petrovna von Hahn Blavatsky] (✏️)

•Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist by Brooke Kroeger [Elizabeth Jane Cochran Seaman, "Nellie Bly"] (Activist, Reporter)

•Anne Boleyn by Norah Lofts [Anne Boleyn] (👑)

•Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte by Kate Williams [Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie Bonaparte] (👑)

•The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson [Lizzie Andrew Borden] (🪓)

•Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy by Sarah Bradford [Lucrezia Borgia] (Governor)

•Boudica by Vanessa Collingridge [Boudica] (👑, 🗡)

•Portrait of Myself by Margaret Bourke-White [Margaret Bourke-White] (📷)

•Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild by David Stenn 🧔[Clara Gordan Bow] (📽)

•The Gallant Edith Bratt: J.R.R. Tolkien's Inspiration by Nancy Bunting and Seamus Hamill-Keays 🧔 [Edith Mary Bratt Tolkien]

•The Lost Life of Eva Braun by Angela Lambert [Eva Anna Paula Braun Hitler] (📷)

•Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion by Lady Anne Somerset [Anne, Queen of Great Britain] (👑)

•Tiny Broadwick: The First Lady of Parachuting by Elizabeth Whitley Roberson [Georgia Ann Thompson Broadwick] (🪂)

•The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by Catherine Reef [Charlotte Brontë, Emily Jane Brontë, Anne Brontë] (✏️)

•Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth by Kristen Iversen [Margaret Tobin Brown] (Socialite)

•The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend by Jeff Leen 🧔 [Mildred Burke] (Wrestler)

•Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Unexpected Life of the Author of The Secret Garden by Gretchen Gerzina [Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett] (✏️)

•Josephine Butler by Jane Jordan [Josephine Elizabeth Grey Butler] (Activist)

•Lady Byron and Her Daughters by Julia Markus [Anna Isabella Noel Milbanke Byron, 11th Baroness of Wentworth] (Mathematician)

•Theodora by Paolo Cesaretti 🧔 [Theodora Empress of Byzantium] (👑)

•Exist Otherwise: The Life and Works of Claude Cahun by Jennifer Laurie Shaw [Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob, "Claude Cahun"] (SSA, 📷)

•Maria Callas: An Intimate Biography by Anne Edwards [Sophie Cecilia Kalos, "Maria Callas"] (Opera Singer)

•Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature by Linda J. Lear [Rachel Louise Carson] (✏️, Marine Biologist)

•A Girl and Five Brave Horses by Sonora Webster Carver [Sonora Webster Carver] (Horse Diver)

•Mary Ann Shadd Cary: The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century by Jane Rhodes [Mary Ann Shadd Cary] (WOC, Activist, Publisher)

•Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of Marchesa Casati by Scot D. Ryersson 🧔 and Michael Orlando Yaccarino 🧔 [Luisa Adele Rosa Maria Amman, Marchesa Casati Stampa di Soncino] (Socialite)

•Mary Cassatt: A Life by Nancy Mathews [Mary Stevenson Cassatt] (🎨)

•Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman [Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire] (Activist,✏️)

•Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen by Giles Tremlett 🧔 [Isabella I of Castile] (👑)

•Chanel: The Enigma by Isabelle Fiemeyer [Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel] (👗)

•The Edge of Time: The Authoritative Biography of Kalpana Chawla by Jean-Pierre Harrison 🧔 [Kalpana Chawla] (WOC, Astronaut, Engineer)

•The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modren China by Hannah Pakuka [Soong May-ling] (WOC)

•Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child by Noël Riley Fitch [Julia Carolyn McWilliams Child] (👩‍🍳)

•Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm [Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm] (WOC, Politician)

•Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley [Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller Christie, Lady Mallowan] (✏️)

•Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Lauched Modern China by Jung Chang [The Current Divine Mother Empress Dowager Ci-Xi Duan-You Kang-Yi Zhao-Yu Zhuang-Cheng Shou-Gong Qin-Xian Chong-Xi of the Great Qing Empire] (WOC, 👑)

•Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill by Sonia Purnell [Clementine Oglivy Spencer Hozior Churchill] (War-time Activist)

•Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff [Cleopatra VII Philopator] (👑)

•Frank: The Story of Frances Folsom Cleveland, America's Youngest First Lady by Annette B. Dunlap [Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Preston]

•Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's Discarded Bride by Elizabeth Norton [Anne of Cleves] (👑)

•Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman [Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, "Colette"] (SSA, ✏️)

•In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum [Marie Catherine Colvin] (Journalist)

•Grace Coolidge: The People's Lady in Silent Cal's White House by Robert Hugh Ferrell 🧔 [Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge] (Teacher)

•Emma Darwin: The Inspirational Wife of a Genius by Edna Healey [Emma Wedgwood Darwin]

•Alexandra David-Neel: Portrait of an Adventurer by Ruth Middleton [Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David-Néel] (Explorer)

•Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C.S. Lewis by Abigail Santamaria [Helen Joy Davidson] (✏️)

•Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies by Lara Gabrielle [Marion Cecilia Douras] (📽)

•Bette Davis by Grace May Carter [Ruth Elizabeth Davis] (🎥)

•Emily Wilding Davison: The Martyr Suffragette by Lucy Fisher [Emily Wilding Davison] (Activist, Teacher)

•The Sphinx: The Life of Gladys Deacon - Duchess of Marlborough by Hugo Vickers 🧔 [Gladys Marie Deacon Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough] (Socialite)

•Sentiments of a British-American Woman: Easter de Berdt Reed and the American Revolution by Owen S. Ireland 🧔 [Easter de Berdt Reed] (War-time Activist)

•Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de La Tour du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era by Caroline Moorehead [Henriette-Lucy Dillon, Marquise de La Tour-du-Pin-Gouvernet] (Aristocrat)

•Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda [Catherine de' Medici] (👑)

•Queen Alexandra: Loyalty and Love by Frances Diamond [Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia of Denmark] (👑)

•Christine de Pizan: Life, Work, Legacy by Charlotte Cooper-Davis [Christina da Pizzano] (✏️)

•Kafka's Last Love: The Mystery of Dora Diamant by Kathi Diamant [Dora Diamant] (🎭)

•The Other Dickens: A Life of Catherine Hogarth by Lillian Nayder [Catherine Thomson Hogarth Dickens] (✏️)

•Emily Dickinson by Cynthia Wolff [Emily Elizabeth Dickinson] (SSA, ✏️)

•Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller by Judith Thurman [Baroness Karen Chistenze Dinesen von Blixen-Finecke, "Isak Dinesen"] (✏️)

•Emily Donelson of Tennessee by Pauline Wilcox Burke [Emily Donelson]

• The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky by Andrew Kaufman 🧔 [Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina Dostoevskaya] (✏️)

•I, Livia: The Counterfeit Criminal by Mary Mudd [Livia Drusilla] (👑)

•Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne Du Maurier by Tatiana de Rosnay [Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning] (SSA, ✏️)

•My Life by Isadora Duncan [Angela Isadora Duncan] (SSA, Dancer)

•Eleonora Duse: A Biography by Helen Sheehy [Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse] (SSA, 🎭)

•East to Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Susan Butler [Amelia Mary Earhart] (🛩)

•Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life by Amy Aronson [Crystal Catherine Eastman] (Activist, Lawyer)

•Mamie Doud Eisenhower: The General's First Lady by Marilyn Holt [Mary Geneva Doud Eisenhower]

•The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir [Elizabeth the I of England] (👑)

•Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior by Catherine Hanley [Empress Matilda of England] (👑)

•Ella: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald by Geoffrey Mark [Ella Jane Fitzgerald] (WOC, 🎙)

•Zelda: A Biography by Nancy Milford [Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald] (✏️)

•Marie-Thérèse, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter by Susan Nagel [Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, Dauphine of France] (👑)

•The Honest Courtesan: Veronica Franco, Citizen and Writer in Sixteenth-Century Venice by Margaret Rosenthal [Veronica Franco] (Activist, ✏️)

•Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox [Rosalind Elsie Franklin] (🧬)

•Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore [Jane Franklin Mecom]

•The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography by John Matteson 🧔 [Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli] (Activist, Journalist)

•Indira Gandhi: A Biography by Pupul Jayakar [Indira Priyadarshini Nehru Gandhi] (WOC, Prime Minister)

•Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: An Autobiography and Other Recollections by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin [Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin] (Astronomer)

•Garbo by Robert Gottlieb 🧔 [Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, "Greta Garbo"] (SSA, 🎥)

•Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery 🧔 [Emma Rowena Caldwell Gatewood] (Hiker)

•Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X by Deborah Davis [Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau] (Socialite)

•Martha Gellhorn: A Life by Caroline Moorehead [Martha Ellis Gellhorn] (Journalist)

•Making Time: Lillian Moller Gilbreth, A Life Beyond "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Jane Lancaster [Lillian Evelyn Moller Gilbreth] (Psychologist, Engineer)

•Jane Goodall: The Woman who Redefined Man by Dale Peterson 🧔 [Dame Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall] (🐵)

•Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham by Agnes de Mille [Martha Graham] (Dancer)

•Personal History by Katherine Graham [Katherine Meyer Graham] (Publisher)

•The General's Wife: The Life of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant by Ishbel Ross [Julia Boggs Dent Grant]

•Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece by Hugo Vickers 🧔 [Princess Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie of Battenberg, Princess of Greece and Denmark] (👑)

•Caty: A Biography of Catherine Littlefield Greene by John F. Stegeman 🧔 and Janet A. Stegeman [Catherine Littlefield Greene Miller] (Inventor)

•Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen by Alison Plowden [Lady Jane Grey] (👑)

•Janet Guthrie: A Life at Full Throttle by Janet Guthrie [Janet Guthrie] (🏎)

•A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell [Virginia Hall] (Espionage Agent)

•England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton by Kate Williams [Dame Amy Emma Lyon Hamilton] (Maid)

•Lady in the Navy: A Personal Reminiscence by Joy Bright Hancock [Joy Bright Hancock] (Warrant Officer)

•Barbie and Ruth by Robin Gerber [Ruth Marianna Mosko Handler] (Business Woman)

•First Lady Florence Harding: Behind the Tragedy and Controversy by Katherine A. S. Sibley [Florence Mabel Kling Harding]

•Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer [Anne Hathaway]

•The Woman Who Would be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney [Hatshepsut] (WOC, 👑)

•Hemingway's Widow: The Life and Legacy of Mary Welsh Hemingway by Timothy Christian 🧔 [Mary Welsh Hemingway] (Journalist)

•Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows: The Unsuspected Life of Sonja Henie by Leif Henie 🧔 and Raymond Strait 🧔 [Sonja Henie] (⛸️)

•Katherine Hepburn by Grace May Carter [Katherine Houghton Hepburn] (🎥)

•Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life by Georgina Ferry [Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin] (Chemist)

•Grace Hooper and the Invention of the Information Age by Kurt Beyer 🧔 [Grace Brewster Murray Hooper] (Computer Scientist, Navy Admiral)

•Lou Henry Hoover: Activist First Lady by Nancy Beck Young [Lou Henry Hoover] (Activist, Linguist)

•A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston by Robyn Crawford [Whitney Elizabeth Houston] (WOC, SSA, 🎤)

•Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII by Gareth Russell 🧔 [Catherine Howard] (👑)

•The Woman Who Mapped Labrador: The Life and Expedition Diary of Mina Hubbard by Mina Benson Hubbard [Mina Benson Hubbard] (Explorer)

•The Passion of Anne Hutchinson: An Extraordinary Woman, the Puritan Patriarchs, and the World They Made and Lost by Marilyn J. Westerkamp [Anne Marbury Hutchinson] (Minister)

•Geisha of Gion: Memoir of Mineko Iwasaki by Mineko Iwasaki and Rande Gail Brown [Mineko Iwasaki] (WOC, Former Geisha,✏️)

•Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin [Shirley Hardie Jackson] (✏️)

•Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson by Katherine Johnson [Katherine Johnson] (WOC, Mathematician)

•Lady Bird: A Biography of Mrs. Johnson by Jan Jarboe Russell [Claudia Atla Taylor Johnson] (Environmentalist)

•Nora: A Biography of Nora Joyce by Brenda Maddox [Nora Barnacle Joyce] (✏️)

•Frida: The Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera [Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón] (WOC, SSA, 🎨)

•The Original Million Dollar Mermaid: The Annette Kellerman Story by Barbara Firth and Emily Gibson [Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman] (🏊‍♀️)

•Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson [Rose Marie Kennedy]

•Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter by Barbara Leaming [Kathleen Agnes Kennedy Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington] (Socialite)

•Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World by Eileen McNamara [Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver] (Disability Rights Activist)

•Desert Rose: The Life and Legacy of Coretta Scott King by Edythe Scott Bagley and Joe Hilley 🧔 [Coretta Scott King] (WOC, Activist, ✏️)

•The Queen Mother: The Official Biography by William Shawcross 🧔 [Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, Queen of the United Kingdom] (👑)

•Eartha & Kitt: A Daughter's Love Story in Black and White by Kitt Shapiro and Patricia Weiss Levy [Eartha Mae Keith Kitt] (WOC, Activist, 🎙, 🎥)

•Elizabeth's Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester by Nicola Tallis [Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester and Essex] (👑)

•The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot [Loretta Pleasant Lacks, Deborah Lacks Pullum] (WOC)

•Madame Lalaurie: Mistress of the Haunted House by Carolyn Morrow Long [Marie Delphine Macarty Lalaurie] (Serial Killer)

•Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film by Ruth Barton [Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, "Hedy Lamarr"] (Inventor, 📽)

•Marie Antoinette's Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe by Geri Walton [Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe] (Aristocrat)

•Harriet Lane, America's First Lady by Milton Stern 🧔 [Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston]

•Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon [Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn] (📷)

•In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line by George B. Hutchinson 🧔 [Nellallitea Walker Larsen] (WOC, ✏️)

•Rani Laxmibai: Warrior Queen of Jhansi by Pratibha Ranade [Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi] (WOC, 👑, 🗡)

•Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau by Martha Ward [Marie Catherine Laveau] (WOC, Herbalist)

•The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story of the Partnership That Defined a Presidency by Kathryn Smith [Marguerite Alice LeHand] (Secretary)

•Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter: The Remarkable True Story of American Heroine Ida Lewis by Lenore Skomal [Idawalley Zoradia Lewis] (Lighthouse Keeper)

•Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography by Jean H. Baker [Mary Ann Todd Lincoln]

•Anne Marrow Lindbergh: Her Life by Susan Hertog [Anne Spencer Marrow Lindbergh] (✏️, 🛩)

•Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector by Benjamin Moser 🧔 [Clarice Lispector] (✏️)

•Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker by Stacy A. Cordery [Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth] (Socialite, ✏️)

•Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde by Alexis De Veaux [Audrey Geraldine Lorde] (WOC, SSA, Activist, ✏️)

•Ada Lovelace: The Making of a Computer Scientist by Adrian Clifford Rice 🧔, Christopher Hollings 🧔, and Ursula Martin [Augusta Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace] (Mathematician)

•Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of Girl Scouts by Stacy A. Cordery [Juliette Gordon Low] (Founder of Girl Scouts)

•Rosa Luxemburg by Dana Mills [Rosa Luxemburg] (Anti-War Activist)

•A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation by Catherine Allgor [Dolley Payne Todd Madison]

•Winnie Mandela: A Life by Anné Mariè du Preez Bezdrob [Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela] (WOC, Activist, Politician)

•Terrible Typoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America by Susan Campbell Bartoletti [Mary Mallon] (🍲)

•Mankiller: A Chief and Her People by Wilma Mankiller [Wilma Pearl Mankiller] (WOC, Activist)

•Straight on Till Morning: The Life of Beryl Markham by Mary S. Lovell [Beryl Markham] (🛩)

•Eleanor Marx: A Life by Rachel Holmes [Jenny Julia Eleanor Marx] (Translator)

•Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics by Ruth Lewin Sime [Elise Meitner] (Physicist)

•Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis by Kim Todd [Maria Sibylla Merian] (Naturalist)

•Ynes Mexia: Botanist and Adventurer by Durlynn Anema [Ynés Enriquetta Julietta Mexía] (WOC, 🌸)

•Prisoner of History: Aspasia of Miletus and Her Biographical Tradition by Madeline Mary Henry [Aspasia of Miletus] (Teacher)

•Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford [Edna St. Vincent Millay] (SSA, ✏️)

•Inez: The Life and Times of Inez Millholland by Linda J. Lumsden [Inez Millholland Boissevain] (Activist)

•I Am Melba: A Biography by Ann Blainey [Dame Helen Porter Mitchell, "Nellie Melba"] (Opera Singer)

•Road to Tara: The Life of Margaret Mitchell by Anne Edwards [Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell] (✏️)

•Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox by Lois Banner [Norma Jean Mortensen, "Marilyn Monroe"] (🎥)

•Inge Morath: An Illustrated Biography by Linda Gordon [Ingeborg Hermine Morath] (📷)

•Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist by George D. Morgan 🧔 [Mary Sherman Morgan] (Engineer)

•Shirley Muldowney's Tales from the Track by Shirley Muldowney [Shirley Muldowney] (🏎)

•Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) by Stacy Schiff [Véra Yevseyevna Nabokova] (Editor)

•Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse by Catherine Reef [Florence Nightingale] (Statistician)

•Pat Nixon: Embattled First Lady by Mary Brennan [Thelma Catherine Nixon]

•The Criminal Conversation of Mrs. Norton by Diane Atkinson [Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Sterling Maxwell] (Activist, ✏️)

•Olympias: Mother of Alexander the Great by Elizabeth Carney

•Grace O'Malley: The Biography of Ireland's Pirate Queen by Anne Chambers [Grace O'Malley] (🏴‍☠️)

•Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story by Barbara Leaming [Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis]

•Oona, Living in the Shadows by Jane Scovell [Oona O'Neil, Lady Chaplin] (📽)

•The Girl from the Fiction Department: A Portrait of Sonia Orwell by Hilary Spurling [Sonia Mary Brownell Orwell] (Archivist)

•Eileen: The Making of George Orwell by Sylvia Topp [Eileen Maud O'Shaughnessy Blair]

•Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell is This? by Marion Meade [Dorothy Rothschild Parker] (✏️)

•The Rebellious Life Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis [Rosa Louise McCauley Parks] (WOC, Activist)

•Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr by Linda Porter [Katherine Parr] (👑)

•Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical by Jacqueline Jones [Lucy Eldine Gonzalez Carter Parsons] (WOC, Activist)

•The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara [Mildred Elizabeth Fulvia di Rossi Trent] (Special Effects Desinger)

•Newspaper Titan: The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson by Amanda Smith [Eleanor Josephine Medill Patterson, Countess Gizycki] (Journalist, Newspaper Editor)

•A Woman's Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot by Mary Walton [Alice Stokes Paul] (Activist)

•Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper by Lyudmila Pavlichenko [Lyudmila Mikhailovna Belova Pavlichenko] (Sniper)

•Anna Pavlova: Twentieth Century Ballerina by Caroline Hamilton and Jane Pritchard [Anna Matveyevna Pavlova] (Dancer)

•The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience by Kristen Downey [Fannie Coralie Perkins] (Workers-Rights Activist, Secretary of Labor)

•Evita: The Real Life of Eva Peron by Nicolas Fraser 🧔 and Marysa Navarro [María Eva Durate de Perón] (Activist, Politician)

•Unbelievable Happiness and Final Sorrow: The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Marriage by Ruth A. Hawkins [Pauline Marie Pfeiffer] (Journalist)

•No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf by Carolyn Burke [Édith Giovanna Gassion, "Edith Piaf"] (SSA,🎙)

•Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark [Sylvia Plath] (✏️)

•Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk by Amy S. Greenberg [Sarah Childress Polk]

•Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda J. Lear [Helen Beatrix Potter] (✏️)

•The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price by Rae Linda Brown [Florence Beatrice Smith Price] (WOC, Classical Composer)

•Rewriting History: The Life and Times of Pandita Ramabai by Uma Chakravarti [Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati] (WOC, Scholar)

•Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times by Cynthia Kierner [Martha Jefferson Randolph]

•The Triumph of Nancy Reagan by Karen Tumulty [Anne Frances Robbins] (🎥)

•I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys by Miranda Seymour [Ella Gwendolyn Ress Williams] (✏️)

•Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway's First Wife by Gioia Diliberto [Elizabeth Hadley Richardson] (🎹)

•Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space by Lynn Sherr [Sally Kristen Ride] (SSA, 👩‍🚀)

•Amy Robsart: A Life and Its End by Christine Hartweg [Amy Robsart Dudley]

•I Live Again: A Memoir of Ileana, Princess of Romania and Archduchess of Austria by Alexandra [Princess Ileana of Romania, Mother Alexandra] (👑)

•The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport [Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova, Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova] (👑)

•Eleanor Roosevelt, Vols. 1-3 by Blanche Wiesen Cook [Anna Eleanor Roosevelt] (SSA, Activist)

•Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Portrait of a First Lady by Sylvia Jukes Morris [Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt]

•Betsy Ross and the Making of America by Marla R. Miller [Elizabeth Griscom Ross] (Upholsterer)

•The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania by Hannah Pakula [Marie Alexandra Victoria, Princess of Edinburgh, Queen of Roumania] (👑)

•Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great by Isabel de Madariaga [Sophie Frierderike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornberg, Empress Catherine II of Russia] (👑)

•Vita: The Life of Vita Sackville-West by Victoria Glendinning [Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson] (SSA, ✏️)

•Charlotte Salomon and the Theatre of Memory by Griselda Pollock [Charlotte Salomon] (🎨)

•Margherita of Savoy, First Queen of Italy: Her Life and Times by Fanny Zampini-Salazar [Margherita Maria Theresa Giovanna of Savoy, Queen of Italy] (👑)

•Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots by Kate Williams [Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots] (👑)

•Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist from Café Society to Hollywood to HUAC by Karen Chilton [Hazel Dorothy Scott] (WOC, 🎹)

•Irena's Children: A True Story of Courage by Tilar J. Mazzeo [Irena Stanisława Krzyżanowska Sendler] (Humanitarian Aid Worker)

•Anne Sexton: A Biography by Diane Middlebrook [Anne Gray Harvey Sexton] (✏️)

•Jane Seymour: Henry VIII's True Love by Elizabeth Norton [Jane Seymour] (👑)

•Betty Shabazz: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Faith Before and After Malcom X by Russell J. Rickford 🧔 [Betty Dean Sanders Shabazz] (WOC, Educator)

•Mary Shelley by Miranda Seymour [Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley] (✏️)

•The Real Wallis Simpson: A New History of the American Divorcee Who Became the Duchess of Windsor by Anna Pasternak [Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor] (Socialite)

•Aviatrix by Elinor Smith [Elinor Smith] (🛩)

•Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser 🧔 [Susan Sontag] (Activist, ✏️)

•Muriel Spark: The Biography by Martin Stannard 🧔 [Dame Muriel Sarah Camberg Spark] (✏️)

•Ever After: Diana and the Life She Led by Anne Edwards [Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales] (👑)

•Fanny Stevenson: A Romance of Destiny by Alexandra Lapierre [Frances Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson] (✏️)

•Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life by Sally Gregory McMillan [Lucy Stone] (Activist)

•Honouring High Places: The Mountain Life of Junko Tabei by Helen Y. Rolfe and Junko Tabei [Junko Ishibashi Tabei] (WOC, Mountaineer)

•Nellie Taft: The Unconventional First Lady of the Ragtime Era by Carl Sferrazza Anthony 🧔 [Helen Louise Herron Taft] (Activist)

•Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina by Larry Kaplan 🧔 and Maria Tallchief [Elizabeth Marie Tallchief] (WOC, Dancer)

•Mrs Pat: The Life of Mrs. Patrick Campbell by Margot Peters [Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner] (🎭)

•Elizabeth Taylor by Grace May Carter [Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor] (🎥)

•Shirley Temple: American Princess by Anne Edwards [Shirley Jane Temple Black] (Former Ambassador to Ghana, 🎥)

•Mère Teresa by Kathryn Spink [Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu] (WOC, Saint)

•Valentina Tereshkova, The First Lady of Space: In Her Own Words by Valentina Tereshkova [Valentina Vladmirovna Tereshkova] (Engineer, 👩‍🚀)

•The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nellie Ternan of Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin [Ellen Lawless Ternan] (🎭)

•Shout, Sister, Shout! The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe by Gayle Wald [Rosetta Nubin] (WOC,🎙)

•Cast No Shadow: The Life of the American Spy who Changed the Course of World War II by Mary S. Lovell [Amy Elizabeth Thorpe] (Spy)

•Sonya: The Life of Countess Tolstoy by Anne Edwards [Countess Sophia Andreyevna Behrs Tolstaya] (Diarist)

•Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd by Michelle Morgan [Thelma Alice Todd] (📽)

•Bess Wallace Truman: Harry's White House "Boss" by Sara L. Sale [Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman]

•Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol by Nell Irvin Painter [Isabella Baumfree, "Sojourner Truth"] (WOC, Activist)

•The Myth of "Bloody Mary": A Biography of Queen Mary I of England by Linda Porter [Mary Tudor] (👑)

•Margaret Tudor: The Life of Henry VIII's Sister by Melanie Clegg [Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland] (👑)

•The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbebe by Nwando Achebe [Ahebi Ugbebe] (👑)

•Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird [Alexandrina Victoria] (👑)

•Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel by Lisa Immordino Vreeland [Diana Vreeland] (👗)

•Lillian Wald: A Biography by Marjorie N. Feld [Lillian Wald] (Activist, SSA, 🩺)

•Mary Edwards Walker: Above and Beyond by Dale L. Walker 🧔 [Mary Edwards Walker] (Activist, 🩺)

•On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker by A'Lelia Bundles [Sarah Breedlove Walker] (WOC, Entrepreneur )

•Martha Washington: An American Life by Patricia Brady [Martha Dandridge Custis Washington]

•Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters by Donald Bogle 🧔 [Ethel Waters] (WOC, SSA,🎙)

•She Always Knew How: Mae West, a Personal Biography by Charlotte Chandler [May Jane West] (🎥)

•Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee [Edith Newbold Jones Wharton] (✏️)

•Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson by William Hazelgrove 🧔 [Edith Bolling Galt Wilson] (Acting President)

•Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent by Pearl Witheringtom [Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley] (Espionage Agent)

•Anna May Wong: Performing the Modern by Shirley Jennifer Lim [Wong Liu-tsong, "Anna May Wong"] (WOC, 📽)

•Natalie Wood: The Complete Biography by Suzanne Finstad [Natalie Zacharenko] (🎥)

•Notorious Victoria: The Uncensored Life of Victoria Woodhull - Visionary, Suffragist, and First Woman to Run for President by Mary Gabriel [Victoria California Clafin Woodhull Martin] (Activist, ✏️)

•Elizabeth: England's Slandered Queen by Arlene Naylor Okerlund [Elizabeth Woodville] (👑)

•Virginia Woolf by Hermione Lee [Adeline Virginia Stephan Woolf] (SSA, ✏️)

•Queen of the Mountaineers: The Trailblazing Life of Fanny Bullock Workman by Cathryn J. Prince [Fanny Bullock Workman] (Activist, Geographer)

•Madame Wu Chien-Shiung: The First Lady of Physics Research by Tsai-Chien Chiang 🧔(?) [Chien-Shiung Wu] (WOC, Physicist)

•Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World by Alison Weir [Elizabeth of York] (👑)

•Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen by Patricia Southern [Septimia Zenobia] (WOC, 👑)

•Buffalo Calf Road Woman: The Story of a Warrior of the Little Bighorn by Joseph Agonito 🧔 and Rosemary Agonito [Buffalo Calf Road Woman] (WOC, Warrior)

•The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold [Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly]

•Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials by Marilynne K. Roach [Tituba, Mary Warren, Elizabeth Procter, Bridget Bishop, Ann Putnam, Rebecca Nurse]

[jacciturner]

Scholastic Book Fair for grownups! This Friday from 6-8pm, at the Sierra Arts Foundation, downtown gallery (17 S Virginia Street, Suite 120. Reno, NV 89501) we are having a "scholastic bookfair for grownups" event. Please come, free parking at the county lot after six. Lots of local writers to enjoy! I'll be there with Suzanne Morgan Williams, Susan Hendrick Cornfield-Dugan, Jade Griffin, Marie Rodriguez, Linda Kay Hardie, and others!

[thenoticeblog]

Willow: House of Griots | Pilot Script Table Reading

We’re back at it again with the Principal Cast of “Willow: House of Griots,” working through a table reading for the Pilot Episode. We discussed upcoming events, reviewed production scheduling and details, watched our short film “Willow: State of Emergency,” and sunk our teeth into this special 90-minute pilot episode of “House of Griots.” Much love to Elliot Guilbe for the Photography, Glenn Quentin for the Production Support, and Sultan Ali for the Marketing Support.

Principal Cast Ashley Noel Jones as Willow Kerubo Brown Suzanne Darrell as Iyoba the Foundress Cameisha Cotton as Diane X Kirrin Tubo as Taina Lilian Oben as Vanessa Charles Masiko Ensemble Reader Tommy Coleman Stage Directions Reader Heru Khuti

Showrunner & Writer Paul A. Notice II

Heads Up: Our Short Film “Willow: House of Griots” will be available on Amazon Prime later this year. Keep an eye out for our announcement. In the meantime, save the date for our upcoming Short Film Screening at Weeksville Heritage Center coming OCTOBER, 21st, 2023! Details coming soon!

You can Support “Willow: House of Griots” here.

Special Thanks to all of our supporters: Josmar Trujillo Nana Dakin Will Duggan James Reilly Kirrin Tubo Paul Notice Sr. Marco Rodriguez Nyle Emerson Doreen Notice Jade Notice Nichole Villafane Sita Sarkar Justin Prince Kiera Williams Paul VanDeCarr Jeannette Colyvas Daniel Notice Laura Edmondson Tommy Schaperkotter Glinetta Collins Larry Powell Erica Saucedo Megan & Liv Jeannette Colyvas Ian Harkins Jim Costanzo Melissa Noelle The Ellen & Andrew G. Celli Foundation, Inc. Holly Heckart Sarah Fleming Edward Rice Ataefiok Etukeren Joann Selvidge James Gantt Jade Notice Marie Casimir Rama Orleans-Lindsay Shiloh Hodges Benedict Nguyen Lizette Vernon Lily Bo-Shapiro Saleem Kashif Kendra Foster Anika Chowdhury Lia Bonfilio Katrina Reid Zell Davis Robin Holmes Gabby Sherba

[fictionz]

New Fiction 2023 - May

"Ecclesiasticus" ed. Richard Challoner (1752)

My man, your repetition is tiresome, but you came through in the end.

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds (2022)

The ones you hurt the least.

"Idaho" by Dobby Gibson (2005)

Where did you go?

Bart Simpson's Cupcake Crisis dev. Acclaim (1990)

I could do this all day.

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith dev. The Collective (2005)

Fill in the numbered blobs.

Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure dev. The Collective (2006)

I appreciate you.

The Adventures of Mouth Man dev. Retrocade Media (2023)

Yes, this is it. More, please.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 dir. James Gunn (2023)

Almost but not quite there.

Polite Society dir. Nida Manzoor (2023)

Sometimes, the stunt performs you.

Born to Fly dir. Liu Xiaoshi (2023)

So this is what it feels like to watch American dribble.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret dir. Kelly Fremon Craig (2023)

Tough out there.

Fool's Paradise dir. Charlie Day (2023)

Chaplaneseque? But Ken Jeong carries it.

Hypnotic dir. Robert Rodriguez (2023)

You tried.

Evil Dead Rise dir. Lee Cronin (2023)

The comedy is still lost on me.

Master Gardener dir. Paul Schrader (2023)

You have a type, don’t you?

Sisu dir. Jalmari Helander (2023)

Every last one.

Fast X dir. Louis Leterrier (2023)

Extremely unsatisfying.

The Wrath of Becky dir. Matt Angel & Suzanne Coote (2023)

I encourage this.

Kandahar dir. Ric Roman Waugh (2023)

We left these behind in 2003.

Well ABRIDGE Me, Princess! - "Well, Excuuuuse Me, Princess and the Frog" (2023)

Reuse and recycle.

Tales from the Crypt - Seasons 1-2 (1989-1990)

It finds its footing when the laugh appears.

Star Trek Lower Decks - Seasons 2-3 (2021-2022)

Top-tier Trek.

Star Trek Prodigy - Season 1 (2021)

Younger crowd, but I’m still in.

[anticorruptionday]

"The Negative Impact of Corruption on the Enjoyment of Human Rights." Panel Discussion.

Panel Discussion on the Negative Impact of Corruption on the Enjoyment of Human Rights

Chair :

-H.E. Mr. Remigiusz A. Henczel, President of the Human Rights Council;

Opening statement :

-Ms. Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Moderator :

-Mr. Miklos Marschall, Deputy Managing Director, Transparency International

Panellists:

-Ms. Sangeetha Pursuhottam, Executive Director, Best Practices Foundation, India

-Ms. Marling Haydee Rodriguez Cerro, President of the Union of Women's Producer Cooperatives Las Brumas, Nicaragua

-Mr. Dzidek Kedzia, member of the UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights

-Mr. Phil Matsheza, Global Policy Advisor for Anti-Corruption, United Nations Development Programme

-Ms. Claudia Sayago, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

-Ms. Suzanne Hayden, the International Anti-Corruption Academy

-Mr. Abdeslam Aboudrar, President, the Central Instance for the Prevention of Corruption, Morocco

33rd Meeting - 22nd Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

HRC extranet (information on daily updates, draft documentation, copies of oral statements as delivered by States and other stakeholders, and draft resolutions, etc.)

[universomovie]

Michelle Williams - T: The New York Times Style Magazine The Greats Issue October 2022 Covers

Michelle Williams – T: The New York Times Style Magazine The Greats Issue October 2022 Covers

T: The New York Times Style Magazine The Greats Issue October 2022 CoversPublicado: 16/10/2022 All people in this magazine cover: Justin French – Photographer Luis Alberto Rodriguez – Photographer Hanya Yanagihara – Editor Patrick Li – Creative Director Charlotte Collet – Fashion Editor/Stylist Ian Bradley – Fashion Editor/Stylist Suzanne Koller – Fashion Editor/Stylist Lucas Wilson – Hair…

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Army vet long lost twins

He graduated from Grant High School as valedictorian in 1952. 21, 1934, and spent his childhood in northeast Portland, part of a large extended family closely tied to the city’s Jewish community. His wife, Neilda Sussman (née Freedman), passed away in 2014. Sussman, lawyer, and Sarah (Sally, née Rosenfeld), and sister, Laura. He was predeceased by his parents, Maurice D. He is survived by children, Sarah (Nicolas), Rai Sue (Bernie), and Daniel (Patricia) grandchildren, Alec and Magali Saint-Arnaud, Avigdor and Neilda Jean Sussace, and Ariella and Lilah Sussman sister-in-law Ceevah Sobel and her husband, Irwin sister, Roberta Olman and nephew and niece, Steven Sussman and Sally Khandadash. Sussman, z”l, passed away surrounded by his children July 14, 2022. Condolences may be sent to Congregation Beth Israel to be forwarded onto the family.ĭr. The family is planning a private memorial service.ĭonations in Philip's memory can be made to Rose Schnitzer Manor and the Robert Peltz (z"l) High Holidays Funds for Food at Congregation Beth Israel. Philip was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Reiter. Philip is survived by his children, Barbara (Tom) Rosenabum, Gregg (Eleonore) Reiter and Scott (Judy) Reiter seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. 26 in Cambridge, MA.Ĭongregation Neveh Shalom extends our deepest condolences to the extended Yoken family.ĭr. Stephen is survived by his wife, Sharli (Chamberlain) Yoken his brother, Richard (Debbie) Yoken  five children: Jonathan (Jennifer) Yoken of Portland, Craig Yoken, Jennifer Yoken, Justin Yoken, and Jackie (Matt) Ramage as well as six adored grandchildren: Hannah, Rachel and Elie Yoken of Portland, Brooks Ramage, and Sarah and Andrew Yoken. 19, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla., at the age of 79. He is survived by his wife, Suzanne, and ,sons, Alex and Fred.įuneral services will be held at Congregation Kol Ami’s cemetery in Northwood Park on Monday Aug. Condolences may be sent to Congregation Beth Israel to be forwarded to the family.ĭonations in Susan's memory can be made to Rose Schnitzer Manor and the Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education. The family is planning a private memorial service. Susan was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore Gerson. Susan is survived by her children, Eleonore (Gregg) Reiter and Joanie (Bob) Rosenbaum four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. “He is a good person and great father and I know he would’ve never done anything to hurt our children intentionally.Susan Gerson, z”l, passed away Aug. “Though I am hurting more than I ever imagined possible, I still love my husband,” Ms. She called the twins’ deaths “my absolute worst nightmare.” Rodriguez pleaded for the authorities to treat him with leniency. By the time the twins were found, their body temperature had reached 108 degrees, causing their organs to fail after several hours in the car, according to the medical examiner’s office.Īfter her husband was arrested, Ms. The temperature outside the car reached 86 degrees that day. “I assumed I had dropped them off at day care before I went to work,” he said, according to court documents. The children were pronounced dead at the scene. Rodriguez jumped from his car and screamed, alerting a passer-by who called emergency services. He returned to his car at the end of the workday and drove a short distance before realizing the twins were in the back seat and appeared lifeless, he told the police.Īt that point, the police said, Mr. After arriving at the hospital, where he counseled disabled veterans, he went inside, forgetting that the children were still in the car, the police said.

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Alice Pike Barney Natalie at Seven, 1883 / Natalie and Missa, 1890 / Natalie Barney in Fur Cape, 1896 / Natalie with Necklace, c. 1900 / Lucifer, 1902

Some of the paintings that Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931) made using her daughter, Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972), as a model. 

“As the year [1900] closed, the fallout from Quelques portraits-sonnets de femmes [Natalie Clifford Barney’s lesbian poetry collection] caused a major break in the Barney family. It had taken months for word of the book to develop a strong buzz, but by now many people had read or at least heard about it. 

Natalie had been dropped by a few Washington society matrons, meaning that they refused to receive her in their homes. At least one family friend approached Natalie that summer, begging her to give up, for the sake of her parents, the course on which she was headed.

In response to her critics, Natalie claimed that she didn’t care whether or not Madame so-and-so deigned to greet her on the street. As she once said of Colette’s first husband, Willy, “Not everyone is capable of knowingly creating a bad reputation for themselves.”

There was a certain hypocrisy to the way Natalie was treated. [...] Discretion (or, if you prefer, sexual hypocrisy) was considered a duty. Among Natalie’s past and future conquests were socialites who, though they preferred the embraces of women, led ostensibly “normal” lives. As long as they married, had children, did charitable work, and managed fine homes, nobody much cared what they did behind closet doors. In the end, Natalie’s greatest sin was not that she was a lesbian, but that she refused to be quiet and ashamed about it. 

One day, Albert Barney [her father] picked up the society gossip journal Town Topics and read a small but fatal headline: Sappho sings in Washington. With that single headline, his world exploded. Highly intelligent and far from naive, his suspicions about his beloved daughter had long ago turned to certainty.

The Town Topics piece, entwining his daughter’s name with that of a perverted Greek harlot, fulfilled his worst nightmares of scandal. The fact that his wife had contributed the artwork to Natalie’s book [three of the four women who modelled for her were her daughter's lovers] constituted a double knife thrust to the heart. How, he wondered, would he ever live this down? 

The timing and exact circumstances of what happened next are impossible to pinpoint. The entire episode wasn’t one that anyone in the family wished to  remember, let alone document. It’s telling that Alice, who scissored from the newspapers each mention of her girls for permanent inclusion in her scrapbook, didn’t bother to keep the big Sappho Sings article.

What is true is this: Albert stormed into the editorial offices at Ollendorff in Paris to buy, and then destroy, the remaining copies and all printing plates for Quelques portraits-sonnets de femmes. His action doubtless accounts for the book’s extreme rarity today. 

He then brutally pulled the blinders from Alice’s eyes about the meaning of the poems in Quelques sonnets. He berated her ceaselessly, and would until his death, for having so naively contributed paintings of Natalie’s lovers to the book. 

The revelation about Natalie’s sexuality stunned Alice. The evidence had been there for years, obvious to all, but she had been in complete denial. Now, forced to accept the truth, she was shocked and sickened. For perhaps the first time ever she was unable to apply the laissez-faire philosophy that had defined her approach to life. 

In early January 1901 the Barneys boarded a ship to New York, leaving Natalie behind. Though weakened by illness, he constantly lambasted Alice, enumerating her countless sins, the greatest of which was the evil inherent in Natalie’s character. As usual, she endured the abuse by politely ignoring him. Deep within, however, she was awash in conflicting emotions. She loved and admired her daughter, but was horrified by her lesbianism. Late in January, she made her feelings clear in a letter that must have devastated Natalie:

It has come at last. Your father is quite crushed by this and really very pathetic. How perhaps you, through your disregard for us and your callousness, may remember my disgust when you would speak of this forbidden sin—and realize that every right-minded decent person is condemning you and us—as they would of the greatest evil... I am too sick and ill to write more. I used to feel sorry for Mrs. Hoy when people said things of Mattie—and how small her sin was—if true—compared with yours, which you broadcast about, as if being evil is not bad enough.

But you must in every way, to every person, make yourself a horror and a danger... Your only chance to redeem yourself is to change your life and writings and remember that in no way can you defend yourself—or reply to this [Town Topics] article... For there is not the slightest loophole. You have closed every escape. [...] You have done a bad thing—a sin against law and mankind and I can only hope that your ideas have shocked and horrified instead of converting.

It took months for Alice to accept Natalie’s nature, but eventually the truth brought mother and daughter closer. No longer engaged in subterfuge and lies, Natalie’s new relationship with Alice was easier, friendlier, and more honest. After her initial repugnance, Alice tried to see Natalie’s sexuality as simply part of her nature—a nature similar in many other ways to her own. “How much of myself I’ve passed on to you,” she wrote years later. “You’re cultivated and I—not—but we’ve got the same traits, grabbing here and there, dashing from this to that. So much of the monkey in us.”

There would be many times in the future when Natalie and Alice didn’t get along, but at its heart their relationship remained strong and loving. Each took pleasure in the other’s accomplishments. “I’m terribly proud of you,” Alice would write; or “I can’t express my admiration, my child.” They would collaborate in writing plays, visit each other, and always, no matter where they might be, there were the affectionate letters. 

Only once, many years later, did Alice reveal the pain that Natalie caused her. It happened when Natalie made a casual observation. “Mother,” she remembered saying. “You have so happy a temperament that I cannot imagine anything that has ever been able to cause you more than a passing sorrow.”

Alice drew back as if struck. She appeared embarrassed, and looked away. Natalie laughed, curious to know what could possibly have shaken her mother’s legendary equanimity, but Alice remained stubbornly and uncharacteristically silent. 

Growing uneasy, Natalie pressed for an answer. Alice hesitated, gazing back over the years to a moment of sorrow so great that it obviously pained her to recall it now. And then, slowly, she faced her daughter, staring with profound sadness into those ice-blue eyes. “You,” she muttered, almost as if speaking to herself. “You...’”

— Suzanne Rodríguez, from Wild Heart: A Life, Natalie Clifford Barney and the Decadence of Literary Paris 

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‘Toward the end of her life, Natalie informally catalogued her longest-lasting relationships, dividing them into three categories in descending order of importance: liaisons, demi-liaisons, and adventures. This list no longer exists, but Natalie showed it to a few people (including Renée Lang, Berthe Cleyrergue, and Jean Chalon), all of whom later revealed a few names to others or in writing. Gathering these various revelations together, it appears that the first category, liaisons, included Eva Palmer, Romaine Brooks, Lily Gramont, Pauline Tarn [Renée Vivien], Dolly Wilde, and Olive Custance. Colette and Armande de Chabannes were listed as demi-liaisons. Among the adventures were Djuna Barnes, Eyre de Lanux, and Armen Ohanian. Beyond these (and other) long affairs-cum-friendships were, by the estimate of Cleyrergue, hundreds of minor affairs.’

— Suzanne Rodriguez, Wild Heart: A Life (2002)

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How pale is all reality next to the mere dream of you; my sweetest sunlit desire grows and is drowned and refound and lost again in the vibrating possibilities I feel in the looks of your half-closed eyes, and it is no longer my tongue but my soul that caresses you.

Natalie Clifford Barney, in a letter to Eva Palmer, dated 21 December 1900. Sourced from Wild Heart: A Life by Suzanne Rodriguez.

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