Posted on 07/22/2023 12:45:58 AM PDT by Ozguy1945
Sort of a proto-Bolshevik.
She was even from Russia like Lenin, Stalin etc.
Or rather I should say her family did…
Ok I admit a mistake here.
She was of a Jewish family mostly immigrated from Portugal.
Had her confused with some one else.
Ah, not.
That is just gross. Hotness is a postmodern concept that must never be applied to our centuries past antecedents. Dolley Madison was charming by all accounts but don't call her hot.
Sarah Bernhardt might be the first woman who ushered in the thought of hotness, but they didn't know that at the time. I still wouldn't give her the award.
Ophelia by Sarah Bernhardt, 1880, via Art History Project
So you’re the one! Dang, I thought it looked great. ;-D
“As to her beauty, I think she is rather plain. Her chin and jaw lines are somewhat masculine. I do think her eyes are attractive and show intelligence. On the other hand, women didn’t dress in those days to look pretty. They generally dressed so that their figure was not obvious.”
good eyes .... modesty ...... 7 out of ten from me
“Longfellow said he liked the poem better than the statue.
Emma Lazarus was a great American poet.”
Thank you, devere.
‘We are moving fron shining example for the world to a dark warning.’
I agree but IMHO that trend is worse in Australia.
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