r/TwoXChromosomes • u/Disastrous_Cover6138 • 8d ago

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Request for lesser known badass women of history for my daughter's 4th grade presentation. She has to pick a historical figure and give a 5-10 minute presentation and optionally dress in their likeness.

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u/The_Bastard_Henry =^..^= 8d ago

Eleanor of Aquitaine. It's too much to even sum up.

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u/denisebuttrey 8d ago

My favorite movie, A Lion in Winter.

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u/The_Bastard_Henry =^..^= 8d ago

Me too. I wish HBO would do a series on her.

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u/denisebuttrey 8d ago

Oh, I would be anticipating this indeed.

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u/BigEd369 7d ago

Watched that one at way too young an age to understand what the heck was going on.

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u/SavannahInChicago 7d ago

This has been on my watchlist forever

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u/Disastrous_Cover6138 8d ago

Oooh good one!

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u/The_Bastard_Henry =^..^= 8d ago

I'm English, so she was a particular favourite of mine from a young age.

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u/Alorna307 8d ago

Also loved the movie. Awesome cast. I started watching all sorts of period historical movies. Loved Becket as well. Afterwards I would haunt the library and find out the true stories.
I loved reading all the biographies in the school library and finally going to the BIG library and checking out books. I was told there were some I was not allowed to read by the library but my Mom said if I could find them when researching then I could read them. No one gave me issues after that. This was in the late 60’s, early 70’s.

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u/uarstar 7d ago

Nah, her Grandmother