Wicked Women

[Donna Moore]

I love larger than life characters, whether fictional or real, and I have a very soft spot for those outrageous women throughout history who have had an impact on the times in which they lived. Women who were queens, murderesses, courtesans, adventurers, pirates, witches, highway robbers. Exceptionally, deliciously wicked women.

Women such as the Egyptian queen Nitocris (c2175BC) who avenged the death of her brother in an impressive and original way by inviting all those who had a hand in his death to a banquet, and then flooding the underground banqueting chamber. Or Isabella of Bavaria (1371-1435) who was Queen Consort of Charles VI of France and regent during his periods of madness. She arranged for a lookalike to take her place in her husband’s bed for over 30 years (and he never noticed!). She also introduced the nipple ring to fashionable society. Or New Yorker Hell Cat Maggie who was an important member of the Dead Rabbit Gang in the mid 1900s. She used to go into battle with filed teeth and brass finger nails.

So I thought I would post a few of my favourites over the next few days.

[LC Fraser]

Yeah, I think I do. Now if you can just scrape up the dirt on a list I give you ......

[Donna Moore]

I thought you might share my love for outrageous women Lynne :-)

[LC Fraser]

I love it. Want to hear more about these women. My family refuses to believe that nipple rings existed before about ten years ago - I keep telling them but they ignore me. Maybe they will listen to you.