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Scandalous women of their times

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    Natalie Louise Maines[1] (born October 14, 1974)[2][3] is an American singer. She is the lead vocalist for the all-female country band The Chicks. In 1995, after leaving Berklee College of Music, Ma...
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    Shuhada' Sadaqat (previously Magda Davitt; born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor ; 8 December 1966 – July 2023), known by her birth name, was an Irish singer and musician. Her debut studio album, The L...
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    - -ENG(c.890–937) -ITA(c.892–ante936) -FR(*um892; † nach 932) -DE(vers.890-932/937) ) MAROZIA [I] (-in prison 7 Jan [932/37]). Liudprand names "Marotiam et Theodora" as the two daughters of Theodora[...

(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.
adjective: scandalous - causing general public outrage by a perceived offence against morality or law. To cause a scandal would be behavior that is not considered "normal" or "acceptable" in the place, time or society one lives in. This behavior could be nearly anything that does not conform or is breaking tradition and seen as outrageous.
Examples: A woman entering a public bar in Queensland, Australia in 1969. (women had to sit in a "ladies lounge" children were left in the car)

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