Interesting Women in history Anonymous 2756[Reply]
Post inspiring or just interesting women from history.
Pic related; Olga of Kiev
>Husband killed by Drevlians
>She was thus Regent for her son
>Drevlians wanted her to wed their prince and sent 20 of their best men to convince her
>She had them buried alive
>totes pretended she hadn't and invited their most distinguished men to escort her back for the prince
>when they arrived she invited them to use the bathhouse… then locked it and set it on fire.
>Invited the remaining men to a "mourning feast" for her dead husband.
>Got them drunk and had them all killed by her soldiers.
>attached sulfur to pigeons and sparrows and used them to ignite their city and kill most of them.
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>>235089>She had affairs with women, the most famous being Ebba Larsdotter Sparre.There's a movie about their affair called The Girl King (2015). It's pretty good.
Anonymous 235166
>>233966I'm not a photoshop pro but the Karen haircut also looked put on
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Very little is known about Kate Warne prior to her working for Allan Pinkerton, except that she was born in Erin, Chemung County, New York and was a widow by age 23. Pinkerton, in his book The Spy of the Rebellion (1883), described her as:
[a] commanding person, with clear cut, expressive features … a slender, brown-haired woman, graceful in her movements and self-possessed. Her features, although not what could be called handsome [beautiful], were decidedly of an intellectual cast … her face was honest, which would cause one in distress instinctly [sic] to select her as a confidante.[2]
Warne walked into the Pinkerton Detective Agency in response to an advertisement in a local newspaper. According to Pinkerton company records:
[he] was surprised to learn Kate was not looking for clerical work, but was actually answering an advertisement for detectives he had placed in a Chicago newspaper. At the time, such a concept was almost unheard of. Pinkerton said "It is not the custom to employ women detectives!" Kate argued her point of view eloquently – pointing out that women could be "most useful in worming out secrets in many places which would be impossible for a male detective." A Woman would be able to befriend the wives and girlfriends of suspected criminals and gain their confidence. Men become braggarts when they are around women who encourage them to boast. Kate also noted, Women have an eye for detail and are excellent observers.
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>>227978I really like the very vaguely inspired movie
Anonymous 243912
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>>2771That is literally a portrait of Gracia Mendes Nasi, also known as Doña Gracia or La Señora, only reversed!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracia_Mendes_Nasi