A celebrated beauty, Venetia moved to London alone in her early teens, and had garnered a licentious reputation well before her twentieth birthday. Rumour noted later by the curious antiquary John Aubr...

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From "The Baker Family as Remembered" written 4 Feb 1847 by Dr. Simmons Jones Baker: "But I must not forget my great grandfather, poor unhappy man. He married Angelica Bray who had large expectations...

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Lydie Marland (April 20, 1900-July 25, 1987), an American socialite, was born Lyde Miller Roberts in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, the second child of Margaret Reynolds (Collins) and George Frederick Robe...

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Belle Brezing (June 16, 1860 – August 11, 1940) was a nationally known brothel madam in Lexington, Kentucky at the end of the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th. Her luxuriant salon was ...

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Aileen was born to teenage parents. Her biological father was a convicted child molestor and committed suicide in prison. Her mother was allegedly disowned from the family for eloping with him. Aileene...

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Find a Grave Birth: 1868 Boston Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA Death: 1910 Jacksonville Duval County Florida, USA War correspondent and brothel owner. Cora Stewart-Taylor-Crane was better kn...

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Lillie Hitchcock Coit (August 23, 1843 in West Point – July 22, 1929 in San Francisco) was a well-known volunteer firefighter, wife of Howard Coit, and the benefactor for the construction of the ...

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Henrietta Maria Wentworth, 6th Baroness Wentworth (11 August 1660 – 23 April 1686) was an English suo jure peeress. The only child of Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baron Wentworth and his wife, Philadelp...

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Colette , de son vrai nom Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, est une romancière française, née à Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye (Yonne) le 28 janvier 1873, morte à Paris le 3 août 1954. Elle est élue membre de l’Aca...

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Martha Ray (1742 – 7 April 1779) was a British singer of the Georgian era. Her father was a corsetmaker and her mother was a servant in a noble household. Good-looking, intelligent, and a talented si...

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Gypsy Rose Lee (January 9, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer famous for her striptease act. She was also an actress, author, and playwright whose 1957 memoir was made into ...

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George Anne Bellamy (23 April 1727- 1788) was an Irish actress. Biography She was born, by her own account, at Fingal, Ireland. "George Anne" was a name given by mistake for Georgiana. She wa...

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Anne Horton (née Anne Luttrell, later the Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn) (24 January 1743 – 28 December 1808) was a member of the British Royal Family, the wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Cumber...

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Mary Nesbitt (born 1742/3 - died 1825) was an English upper class socialite and courtesan who mixed in the elevated circles of government and royalty in late 18th century Great Britain. Her home, Nor...

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Mahalla Collins Mullins (1824-1898) from Tennesee ladies with a checkered past 2007 Mahala Mullins is touted as the “most famous Melungeon.” Because of this, it is hard to separate truth from f...

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The words "notorious," "infamous," and "flamboyant" have all been used to describe Hollywood beauty Barbara Payton. A Warner Bros. contract player of the early 1950s, Payton had a promising start in mo...

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A Red-hot 'A' and a Lusting Divine:Sources For The Scarlet Letter By Frederick Newberry. The New England Quarterly. 1987 -- Pages 256-264. (Reprinted with permission). Lane Memorial Library. A bo...

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Eleanor G. Holm (December 6, 1913 – January 31, 2004) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. She is best known for having been suspended from the 1936 Summer Olympics team a...

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Sally Rand (April 3, 1904[1] – August 31, 1979) was a burlesque dancer and actress, most noted for her ostrich feather fan dance and balloon bubble dance. She also performed under the name Billie Bec...

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Ann Eden Crowell was an actress who also danced as a showgirl in upscale New York nightclubs. She married William "Billy" Woodward, Jr. (June 12, 1920–October 31, 1955) who was the heir to the Hanove...

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Grace Hubbard Fortescue, née Grace Hubbard Bell (1883–1979) was a New York socialite who took the law into her own hands and killed a defendant charged with the rape of her daughter, an act that ea...

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The story of Clara Ward, who commonly used one or another version of the title "Princesse de Caraman-Chimay", is poorly known today, but for some years in the early 1890s she was the toast of the Unite...

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The wife of British officer Joshua Loring, Jr., Elizabeth Lloyd grew up in Boston, the only daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Davenport) Lloyd. Known as Betsey in the family, she was the granddaught...

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Mary (Peck) Butterworth , daughter of one of the most influential first families of Rehoboth, Massachusetts and related, both by blood and through her marriage to nearly every other first family in the...

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Leila Roque Diniz (Niterói, 25 de março de 1945 — Nova Délhi, Índia, 14 de junho de 1972) foi uma atriz brasileira. Biography in English Fonte para os detalhes familiares Formou-se em magistério ...

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Joan Vollmer (February 4, 1923 – September 6, 1951[2]) was the most prominent female member of the early Beat Generation circle. While a student at Barnard College, she became the roommate of Edie Pa...

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Nancy Freeman-Mitford , CBE, styled The Hon. Nancy Mitford before her marriage and The Hon. Mrs Rodd thereafter. She was born 28 November 1904 in Belgravia, Westminster, England and died 30 June 1973 o...

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Unity Valkyrie Mitford was a member of the aristocratic Mitford family, tracing its origins in Northumberland back to the 11th century Norman settlement of England. Her sister Diana was married to Oswa...

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Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, Countess of Portmore (21 December 1657 – 26 October 1717), daughter of Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, was the mistress of King James VII and II both before a...

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Eugénia Infante da Câmara (Lisboa, 9 de abril de 1837 -- Rio de Janeiro, 28 de maio de 1874) foi uma actriz de teatro portuguesa, poetisa, autora e tradutora de peças teatrais. Eugénia Câmara chegou ...

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Ani DiFranco is an American singer, guitarist, poet, and songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums and is widely considered a feminist icon. DiFranco was born in Buffalo, New York, to Elizabet...

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Angelica Schuyler Church (February 20, 1756 – March 13, 1814[1]) was the eldest daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler, wife of British MP John Barker Church, sister of Elizabeth Schuyler...

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Caresse Crosby (April 20, 1891–January 26, 1970), born Mary Phelps Jacob (nicknamed "Polly" by her parents), was an American patron of the arts, poet, publisher, and peace activist. At age 19, she in...

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Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart (1) F, #26, b. 1641, d. 27 May 1707 Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart was born in 1641 at Tonnay-Charente, France. (1) She was the daughter of Gabriel de Rochech...

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Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga, mais conhecida como Chiquinha Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro, 17 de outubro de 1847 — 28 de fevereiro de 1935) foi uma compositora, pianista e regente brasileira. Foi a prim...

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Veridiana Valéria da Silva Prado (São Paulo, 11 de fevereiro de 1825 — 11 de junho de 1910) foi uma feminista brasileira. Nascida numa tradicional família paulistana, e fez questão de ignorar o prece...

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Alse Young (sometimes cited as Achsah Young or Alice Young) (b. cal 1600) (died May 26, 1647) of Windsor, Connecticut, was the first person in the records executed for witchcraft in the thirteen Americ...

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Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchesse de Beaufort (1) F, #589, b. 1571, d. 10 April 1599 Last Edited=28 Jan 2009 Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchesse de Beaufort was born in 1571 at Château de la Bourdasière, M...

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Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) (Victoria Mary Sackville-West) Garden designer/creater, Gardener, a garden writer The Hon Lady Nicolson, CH (9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), best known as Vita Sackvi...

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Violet Trefusis née Keppel (6 June 1894 – 29 February 1972) was an English writer and socialite. She is chiefly remembered for her lesbian affair with the poet Vita Sackville-West. She also wrote nov...

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Elizabeth Reid, Lady Hope, née Cotton (9 December 1842–8 March 1922) was a British evangelist who claimed in 1915 to have visited the British naturalist Charles Darwin shortly before his death in 188...

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See Wikipedia... -------------------- Jane Elizabeth Digby, Lady Ellenborough (3 April 1807 – 11 August 1881) was an English aristocrat who lived a scandalous life of romantic adventure, spanning dec...

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Lady Jane Douglas, b. 17 Mar 1698, d. 22 Nov 1753 at Crosscauseway, near the Windmill, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parents: James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (c.1646 – 25 February 1700) & Mary Kerr ...

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From the English Wikipedia page on Grace O'Malley, Pirate Queen: Gráinne Ní Mháille (c. 1530 – c. 1603), Gráinne O'Malley[1] or Grace O'Malley,[2] was Queen of Umaill, chieftain of the Ó Máille cla...

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Wikipedia Cleopatra VII Philopator (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; January 69 BC – August 12, 30 BC) was the last effective pharaoh of Egypt's Ptolemaic dynasty. She originally shared power with her ...

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Vashti - Wikipedia Book of Esther, Wikipedia Read The Book of Esther - English & Hebrew Vashti the First Feminist"'

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Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (Báthory Erzsébet in Hungarian, Alžbeta Bátoriová in Slovak; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of Hungarian nobility. A...

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Frida Kahlo de Rivera, born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón, was a Mexican painter born in Coyoacán. Perhaps best known for her self-portraits, Kahlo's work is remembered for its "pain and pas...

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Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1893 – May 9, 1968) was an American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite, best known for her numerous lesbian affairs with Hollywood personalities including Ma...

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Photos Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877 - September 14, 1927) was a dancer, considered by many to be the creator of modern dance. Born in the United States, she lived in Europe and the Soviet Union fro...

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Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927) was an American leader of the woman's suffrage movement. Woodhull was an advocate of free love. She ...

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Tennessee Celeste Claflin (October 26, 1845 – January 18, 1923), also known as Tennie C. and later Lady Cook, was an American suffragist best known as one of the first women to open a Wall Street bro...

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Mary Miles Minter (April 1, 1902 – August 4, 1984) was an American film actress of the silent film era. Early life and rise to stardom Born Juliet Reilly in Shreveport, Louisiana, Minter was ...

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Charlotte Shelby (Lily Pearl Miles Reilly) (19 December 1877 - 13 March 1957) was a popular Broadway actress in her youth and was long noted as a suspect in the murder of Hollywood director William D...

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Mabel Normand (November 9, 1892 – February 23, 1930) was an American silent film comedienne and actress. She was a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and is noted as one of the film indu...

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On December 8, 1906, Senator Arthur Brown of Utah was shot in Washington, D.C., by his longtime mistress, Anne Maddison Bradley, who claimed to be the mother of his children. The lovers were jailed mor...

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The Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy (sometimes called the Kentucky Tragedy) was the murder of Kentucky legislator Solomon P. Sharp by Jereboam O. Beauchamp ( /dʒɛrəˈboʊ.əm ˈoʊ ˈbiːtʃəm/). As a young lawyer, ...

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Lady Flora Elizabeth Rawdon-Hastings (11 February 1806 – 5 July 1839) was a British aristocrat and lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent. Her death in 1839 caused a court sc...

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Margaret O'Neill (or O'Neale) Eaton (December 3, 1799 – November 8, 1879), better known as Peggy Eaton, was the daughter of Rhoda Howell and William O'Neale, the owner of Franklin House, a popular Wa...

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Kate Ferguson was a notorious "southern belle", who hailed from two of the South’s most prominent families. She was born Catherine Sarah Lee, to the southern poet Eleanor Percy Lee and William Henry ...

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Katherine Jane ("Kate") Chase Sprague (August 13, 1840 – July 31, 1899) was the daughter of Ohio politician Salmon P. Chase, Treasury Secretary during President Abraham Lincoln's first administration...

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Author, leader of suffrage movement, member of Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame Isabella Beecher Hooker was born on February 22, 1822 in Litchfield, Connecticut to the abolitionist Rev. Lyman Beecher...

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Natalie Clifford Barney (October 31, 1876 – February 2, 1972) was an American playwright, poet and novelist who lived as an expatriate in Paris. Barney's salon was held at her home on Paris' Left Ban...

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Everybody said that Dorothy Wilde, known always as Dolly, looked startlingly like her infamous uncle, who had died in Paris in 1900 at the shabby Hôtel d’Alsace (now L’Hotel). Dolly’s natural resemblan...

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Nair de Tefé von Hoonholtz (Petrópolis, 10 de junho de 1886 — Rio de Janeiro, 10 de junho de 1981), mais conhecida como Nair de Tefé, foi uma pintora, cantora, atriz e pianista brasileira, considerada ...

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Neusa Maria Goulart Brizola (?, 1954 — Rio de Janeiro, 27 de abril de 2011) foi uma cantora e compositora brasileira. Conhecida no mundo artístico como Neusinha Brizola, era filha do ex-governador Leon...

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WHEN the world turns completely upside down You say we'll emigrate to the Eastern Shore Aboard a river-boat from Baltimore; We'll live among wild peach trees, miles from town, You'll wear a coo...

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Profile photo by: Yancy Cowan Mitchell, from From Hollywood Heyday: February 22, 1932 HOYTS TO WED THIRD TIME Tallulah Bankhead’s Sister Will Remarry on Riviera Nice, France Feb. 21 (Wirele...

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source of profile picture Eleanor Butler (1745-1829), sister of the 17th Earl, caused enormous scandal when she eloped with her neighbour, Sarah Ponsonby. They lived together for the rest of their ...

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source of profile picture Eleanor Butler (1745-1829), sister of the 17th Earl, caused enormous scandal when she eloped with her neighbour, Sarah Ponsonby. They lived together for the rest of their ...

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Aimée Crocker (December 5, 1863 – February 7, 1941) was an American heiress, princess, eccentric and author best known for her adventures in the Far East, for her extravagant parties in San Francisco...

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Luz del Fuego, nome artístico de Dora Vivacqua, (Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, 21 de fevereiro de 1917 — Rio de Janeiro, 19 de julho de 1967) foi uma bailarina, naturista e feminista brasileira. Dora foi a ...

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Patrícia Rehder Galvão, conhecida pelo pseudônimo de Pagu, (São João da Boa Vista, 9 de junho de 1910 — Santos, 12 de dezembro de 1962[1]) foi uma escritora e jornalista brasileira. Teve grande destaqu...

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Charles-Geneviève-Louis-August e-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont (5 October 1728 – 21 May 1810), usually known as the Chevalier d'Éon, was a French diplomat, spy, soldier and Freemason whose first 49...

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Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (July 22, 1901 – March 30, 1975) o Pancho was a pioneer aviator and the founder of the first test pilots union. She broke Amelia Earhart's air speed record in 1930. Sh...

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Laura Bullion (October 1876 – December 2, 1961) was a female outlaw of the Old West. Most sources indicate that Bullion was born of German and Native American heritage in Knickerbocker, near Mertzon ...

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Fannie Porter (February 12, 1873 - c.1940) was a well known Madame of the 19th century. She was best known for her association with famous outlaws of the day, and for her popular brothel. Career as...

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Della Moore (1880-1926?), also known as Annie Rogers or Maude Williams, was a prostitute during the closing years of the Old West, best known as being the girlfriend of outlaw Harvey Logan (Kid Curry...

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Lucy (or Lucia) Eldine Gonzalez was born around 1853 in Texas, likely as a slave, to parents of Native American, Black American and Mexican ancestry. Died: March 7, 1942 in a house fire; she couldn't e...

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Carrie Amelia (Moore) Nation November 25, 1846- June 9, 1911. Born in Garrard, Kentucky, USA; died in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. Parents: George Moore c.1845-1883 and Mary James Campbell 1825-1893 H...

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Mary Eno Pinchot Meyer (October 14, 1920 – October 12, 1964) was an American socialite, painter, former wife of Central Intelligence Agency official Cord Meyer and close friend of US president John F...

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Katherine Duer Mackay (1880–1930) was a beautiful debutante from an old, high society, New York family. She met wealthy American financier Clarence Mackay on a steamship crossing between New York and E...

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Marion/'Joe'(preferred)/'Betty '(media) Carstairs (1900–1993) was a wealthy British power boat racer known for her speed and her eccentric lifestyle. Biography She was born in 1900 as Marion Barba...

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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn b. August 7, 1890 in Concord, New Hampshire, d.September 5, 1964 in Moscow Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was 16 years old when she began her career as a leftist orator. She spent her ...

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Augusta Maria Byron, later Augusta Maria Leigh (26 January 1783 – 12 October 1851), styled "The Honourable" from birth, was the only daughter of John "Mad Jack" Byron, the poet Lord Byron's father, b...

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Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was a New England spinster who was the central figure in the hatchet murders of her father and stepmother on August 4, 1892 in Fall River, Massachu...

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Maire Rua Red Mary (1615 - 1686) was the Chatelaine of Lemeneagh. She was born in 1615/1616 in Clonderlaw County Clare, Ireland; probably died at Dromoland Castle, near Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clar...

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Emma, Lady Hamilton (baptized April 26, 1765 – January 16, 1815) is best remembered as the mistress of Lord Nelson. She was born Amy Lyon in Cheshire, England, the daughter of a blacksmith, Henry Lyons...

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Diana Mitford, Lady Mosley, [fn1] was born on 17 June 1910 in Belgravia, Westminster, England and died 11 August 11, 2003 in Paris, France. Her remains are interred in the Swinbrook Churchyard in Oxfor...

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Grietje Reyniers was born 1602 in Amsterdam, Estates-General of the United Provinces (Netherlands) to Johannes Rieniers and Jannetje . Some sources have her first name spelled Grietjen or Grietse. She ...

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Henrietta Blackford Born to a very prominent minister, Rev. Ezra Ely in Philadelphia in the middle of the 19th Century, she went from being the daughter of a respected clergyman to America's first re...

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"I am going to be the first of a new genus. I am not born to tread in the beaten track - the peculiar bent of my nature pushes me on" Mary Wollstonecraft in letter to Everina, 1774 Mary Wollstonecr...

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Marie Gouze was born into a petit bourgeois family in 1748 in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, in the South-West of France. Her father was a butcher, her mother, a washerwoman. However, she believed that ...

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Jersey Lily, a beauty who dallied with many famous men Her father was the Dean of Jersey, Rev. William Corbet Le Breton who himself was associated with scandalous affairs. Lily's family must ha...

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