History Tea Time - Lindsay Holiday

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Queens of the Pacific Islands - History’s Real Moana Dec 03, 2024

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Disney Princess Moana may voyage across a fantasy version of the Pacific ocean, and represent an amalgamation of several islands’ cultures. But she is based on many real-life women who have led their people with courage, strength and compassion. From a 13th century Queen of Samoa who protected her people and was revered as a Goddess, to the 27 year old woman who was crowned Queen of the Māori in September 2024. Let’s meet X inspiring real-life Queens from the Pacific Islands.

Nafanua, Queen of Samoa (1200s)

Purea, Queen of Tahiti (1722.-1775)

Vaekehu, Queen of Nuku Hiva (1823–1901)

Lili’uokalani, Queen of Hawai’i (1838-1917)

Makea Takau Ariki, Queen of the Cook Islands (1839–1911)

Sālote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga (1900-1965)

Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō, Queen of the Māori (1997)

Sources:

“Women of Power” documentary from TheCoconetTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibQdMfuPYc

Moana 2

Wikipedia

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Roman Emperors in the time of Gladiator II Nov 26, 2024

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Ridley Scott’s epic historical sequel, Gladiator II promises to be a dramatic and spectacular, if not particularly historically accurate roller-coaster ride through the Roman Empire. And while there are already some excellent videos out there discussing the authenticity of the battle scenes, dramatic deaths and exactly which era saw the flooding of the Colosseum, I want to take a look at something different – the cast of characters and their real historic counterparts. Today let’s explore the family trees which connect the key players, sort out who was real and who was fictional, meet a few fascinating women who did more than wait around to be rescued, and discover everyone’s true fates, which are even more dramatic than Hollywood could come up with. Caution, there will be some spoilers, but I won’t give away the ending of the new film, only what really happened in history.

Gladiator I :

Marcus Aurelius

Commodus

The Year of Five Emperors - 193

Pertinax

Didius Julianus

Pescennius Niger

Clodius Albinus

Septimius Severus

Gladiator II:

Caracalla and Geta

Macrinus

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Catherine the Great & Her Many Lovers Nov 19, 2024

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The deliciously witty drama series ‘The Great’ tells the occasionally true story of Catherine II, Empress of Russia. It’s a wonderful example of why historic dramas should be taken as entertainment, not a history lesson. While playing fast and loose with history it actually sanitizes a lot of the scandal in her life by transforming Peter into a romantic antihero and making Catherine fall in love with him. In reality Catherine didn’t keep Peter around for a ‘will they, won’t they’ Hollywood romance. Her lover promptly strangled him in prison. Catherine the Great knew how to use her charm and sexuality, the only tools available to a woman of her time, both for her own advancement and her own pleasure. And while I love the great, it so far only captures a fraction of her true greatness. So let’s take a peek inside the imperial boudoir and get to know the Empress, her twisted relationship with Peter and her many lovers a little more intimately. And we’ll address that horrid rumor about the horse.

Sergei Saltykov

Stanislaw Poniatowski

Grigory Orlov

Alexander Vasilchikov

Grigory Potemkin

Pyotr Zavadovsky

Semyon Zorich

Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov

Alexander Lanskoy

Alexander Yermolov

Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov

Platon Zubov

Plus Peter’s Mistress, Elizaveta Vorontsova

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10 First Women World Leaders Nov 12, 2024

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Who were the first 10 non-royal women elected or appointed to be Head of State (President) or Head of Government (Prime Minister)?

1. Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Chair of the Presidium of Little Khural of the Tuvan People’s Republic 1940

2. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1960

3. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India 1966

4. Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel 1969

5. Isabel Perón, President of Argentina 1974

6. Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic 1975

7. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the UK 1979

8. Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Prime Minister of Portugal 1979

9. Lidia Gueiler Tejada, President of Bolivia 1979

10. Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica 1980

Plus:

2. 10 Longest Serving Women Leaders

3. Why it's taken so long

4. Nations with the most (and no) women leaders

5. Women Leaders and happiness

6. Historic trends in women's leadership

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10 Ridiculous Rumors about Historic Royals Nov 05, 2024

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The public loves a good story about the salacious private lives of the rich and famous. And royals often really did get up to some jaw-dropping behaviors. But sometimes a grain of rumor can be so enthralling that it snowballs into an unshakable myth. If you ask the average person what they know about Catherine the Great they are likely to say “Isn’t she the one who was crushed under a horse?” Many are still convinced that Queen Elizabeth I was really a man. And Marie Antionette will forever be linked with the misquote “Let them eat cake!” Today let’s explore 10 commonly believed myths about historic royals, examine how the rumors got started and separate what is gospel from what is just gossip.

Anne Boleyn was a Witch with 6 Fingers
Mary I was Bloody Mary
Elizabeth I was actually a Man
Queen Juana was Loca
Marie Antoinette said “Let Them Eat Cake”
Catherine the Great Loved Horse, Literally
Napoleon told Josephine “I will return in three days. Don’t wash!”
Prince Albert had a Prince Albert Piercing
Prince Albert Victor was really Jack the Ripper
Elizabeth II had 4 cocktails a day

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Fun Sized Spooks: 10 Ghastly Pop Culture Tales! Oct 29, 2024

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Happy Halloween, Boils and Ghouls! One of the few things I enjoy as much as Halloween are fascinating random facts from history and pop culture! So I’m resurrecting one of my favorite series, Fun Sized Spooks! These 10 episodes are each as short and sweet and Trick r Treat candy! Today’s plastic pumpkin full with explore spooky topics from pop culture, including the tragic celebrities of the 27 club, the story behind hit song, The Monster Mash, and my 3 favorite femme fatals, Vampire, Morticia and Elvira! So dim the lights, light some candles and enjoy!

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Fun Sized Spooks: 10 Haunting Historic Stories! Oct 22, 2024

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Fun Sized Spooks: Historic Spooks!

Happy Halloween, Boils and Ghouls! One of the few things I enjoy as much as Halloween are fascinating random facts from history and pop culture! So I’m resurrecting one of my favorite series, Fun Sized Spooks! These 10 episodes are each as short and sweet and Trick r Treat candy! Today’s plastic pumpkin full with explore spooky topics from history, including Davy Jone’s locker, Japanese Vampire lore and Cats through the ages. So dim the lights, light some candles and enjoy!

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4 Royal Curses that Actually Came True Oct 15, 2024

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When infidelity, early death, suicide, or murder strike a royal family, they are not just tragedies, they can be national or even global catastrophes. And when repeated calamities strike a dynasty generation after generation, legends of long ago curses are bound to be unearthed. From a witch poisoning the love lives of 800 years of Princes, to supernatural ravens forewarning early deaths. From a grief-striken mother cursing a young emperor to a life of tragic losses, to spilled milk dooming a dynasty to a massacre after 10 generations. Let’s explore 4 royal curses from history which actually seem to have come true.

1. The Princes of Monaco, Cursed in Marriage

2. The Habsburgs, Curse of the Ravens

3. Emperor Franz Joseph, Karolyi Curse

4. The Shahs of Nepal, Cursed for 10 Generations

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A History of Reproductive Rights Oct 08, 2024

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The ability to decide when or if we have children has been an essential human struggle for all of recorded history. Some may believe that abortion is a modern phenomenon. But people have been finding ways to end unwanted pregnancies for thousands of years. And ancient people were often more accepting of it than we are today. From an herb in ancient Greece that was so popular it went extinct, to medieval Popes who argued for women’s rights. From a plan B recipe published by an American founding father, to the horrifying measures desperate women without access to legal care have resorted to. Today we will explore the history of abortion. What’s more, we’ll take a wider view on times throughout history when governments attempted to control their people through reproductions, including in Nazi Germany, Communist Romania and China, and in the United States. Fair warning: this episode will deal with many difficult and dark chapters in history. Please do not take any of this information as medical advice.

Sources:

Susan Klepp, Revolutionary Conceptions: Women, Fertility, and Family Limitation in America, 1760-1820. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2009.

Professor Leslie J. Reagan from the University of Illinois, author of ‘When Abortion Was a Crime’. Conversation with Dr. Kate Lister on Podcast Betwixt the sheets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_abortion

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/03/25/what-the-data-says-about-abortion-in-the-us/

Sawboned History of Abortion: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3kdwVt7V3S1xUYQbDmR0s1

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Who is Buried in the Royal Vault? Oct 01, 2024

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On September 19th, 2022 over 4 billion people watched as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II was lowered into the royal vault at St. George’s chapel, Windsor Castle. The monarch who had reigned for 70 years thus became part of history. And she was in astonishing historic company. She joined 10 monarchs, 8 consorts and over 30 other members of the royal family dating as far back as the 1400s, who are also interred below St. George’s chapel, in the royal vault and in other crypts around the ancient building. Let’s explore the numerous burial vaults of Windsor, dig up the past and find out who else is spending eternity with the Queen.

Monarchs and Consorts:

King Henry VI

King Edward IV & Queen Elizabeth Woodville

King Henry VIII & Queen Jane Seymour

King George III

King George IV

King William IV & Queen Adelaide

King George V of Hanover

King Edward VII & Queen Alexandra of Denmark

King George V & Queen Mary of Teck

King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, The Queen Mother

Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip