“Men, I have come to save you from a drunkard’s fate!” 229: Carry Nation Professional Vandalizer Born: 25 November 1846, Garrard County, Kentucky, United States of America Died: 9 June 1911, Leavenworth, Kentucky, United States of America Alternate Name: Carrie Nation Carry was a temperance advocate famous for using a hatchet to smash up saloons…
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228) Lola Montez
228: Lola Montez Professional Liar Born: 17 February 1821, Grange, County Sligo, Ireland (Present-day Republic of Ireland) Died: 17 January 1861, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Original Name: Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert She pretended to be Spanish so she would be a more “exotic” dancer (she was from Ireland). Lola is most known for…
227) Lavinia Fisher
227: Lavinia Fisher Reportedly the First Female Serial Killer in the United States Born: 1793, South Carolina, United States of America Died: 18 February 1820, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America Lavinia may have been from Charleston, South Carolina but that remains unclear. What is known is that she lived six miles from Charleston…
226) Mary Peck Butterworth
226: Mary Peck Butterworth Possibly the First Counterfeiter in What Would Become the United States Born: 27 July 1686, Rehobeth, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Rehobeth, Massachusetts, United States of America) Died: 7 February 1775, Rehobeth, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Present-day Rehobeth, Massachusetts, United States of America) (This Mary is not to be confused with the band…
222) Margaretha Zelle MacLeod
222: Margaretha MacLeod Exotic Dancer Known Better by her Stage Name of Mata Hari Born: 7 August 1876, Leeuwarden, Netherlands Died: 15 October 1917, Vincennes, France Her mother died when she was fifteen and so she and her three brothers were split apart and sent to live with other relatives. Margaretha was already coming into…
200) Marie Antoinette
“The moment when my ills are going to end is not the moment when courage is going to fail me.” 200: Marie Antoinette Queen Consort of France During her Husband Louis XVI’s Reign Born: 2 November 1755, Vienna, Austria Died: 16 October 1793, Place de la Concorde, Paris, France She is remembered for causing financial…
193) Mary Stuart
193: Mary Stuart And It All Had to do With Religion Born: 8 December 1542, Linlithgow, Scotland (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: 8 February 1587, Fotheringhay, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Also Known As: Mary Queen of Scots (And before you ask—the 2018 Film depicting the rivalry and dynamic between her and Elizabeth I is about 99.8%…
192) Jane Grey
192: Jane Grey Proclaimed Queen of England for All of Nine Days When she was Fifteen or Sixteen Years Old Born: 1537, Leicestershire, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: 12 February 1554, Tower Green, Tower of London, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Jane had strong ties to the Tudor throne and was educated as such—having knowledge in…
190) Catherine Howard
190: Catherine Howard English Queen and the Fifth Wife of Henry VIII Born: c.1522, London, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: 13 February 1542, Tower Green, Tower of London, England (Present-day United Kingdom) She was Henry’s second of three Catherines and served as Queen Consort for one year. Henry first started to consider her for marriage…
175) Ranavalona I
175) Ranavalona I Queen of Madagascar who has Been Vilified as the “Female Caligula” in the West Born: 1778, Madagascar Died: 16 August 1861, Madagascar She supposedly killed anywhere from thirty to fifty percent of her people but also kept Madagascar independent, beat back the British and the French, and began one of the first…