A collection of articles published during 2011 in the online biographical magazine, Egopendium. Ten women of today assessed, not always sympathetically, by great figures from the past who had similar talents or achievements.
Articles are:
Belle de Jour by Samuel Pepys;
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by Josephine de Beauharnais; Cheryl Cole by Helen of Troy;
Josephine Bernadette Devlin McAliskey by Grace O'Malley
Kate Middleton by Wallis Simpson;
Gillian McKeith by Hippocrates;
Sarah Palin by Lizzie Borden;
Katie Price by Nell Gwynn;
Delia Smith by King Alfred the Great;
JK Rowling by the Brothers Grimm
Excerpt
Josephine on Carla Bruni
"The First Lady of the Republic of France should be incredible. Incredibly alluring. Incredibly passionate. Incredibly charming. Incredibly talked about. Incredibly herself.
Incredibly, I don’t think there has been a true First Lady of France since I lived in the Tuileries Palace two centuries ago. Until Carla. A woman with a reputation as deliciously improper as mine..."
My memories as an immigrant professional woman in Ottawa, Canada 47 years ago. A new life after having survived the liberal war of a new country Bangladesh on December 16, 1971.
The story of Ron Hull, paralyzed in a surgical accident back in the dreaded polio epidemic days, was able to overcome most of the stigma and stereotypes and "pass for normal" for 30 years. As Ron's paralysis increased gradually through the next 20
Destiny's Daughter by Frances Altman highlights events in the life of Mary Edwards Walker, maverick suffragist, Civil War doctor and only woman Medal of Honor recipient.
