Scandalous Women

(adj) disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking (giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation) "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"

From the Greek σκάνδαλον, a trap or stumbling-block. The metaphor is that wrong conduct can impede or "trip" people's trust or faith.

Let's celebrate women of scandal: mischievous, anarchistic, colorful, noisy women of immense moral courage.

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Some lists to get us started:

• Sex scandal
• Memoirs of Scandalous Women
• Tennessee 'ladies' with a checkered past
• Girl Gangs of London

Links and resources

• Scandalous Women on Film - The Conspirator
• Hollywood Earth Shattering Scandals. the Infamous, Villains, Nymphomaniacs and Shady Characters in Motion Pictures
• Uppity Women of Medieval Times
• Outrageous Women of the Middle Ages
• 10 Prostitutes Loved by Oscar