Women in History for profile!

1. Marie Antoinette in Marie Antoinette dir. Sofia Coppola (2006)
2. Anne Boleyn in Anne of a Thousand Days dir. Charles Jarrott (1969)
3. Emily Dickinson in Dickinson on Apple TV+ (2019-)
4. Madam CJ Walker in Self-Made on Netflix (2020-)
5. Lucrezia Borgia in The Borgias on Showtime (2011-2013)

I have a vague interest in the white queen, the white princess, the Spanish princess etc except that those are based on Phillipa Gregory books and I can’t stand her despite the fact that I’m very interested in the women that she writes about.

I immediately connected with some of the shows previously posted (especially having recently binged The Borgias) and find myself gravitating to shows like The Great (watched two weeks ago) or series like Elizabeth I or Reign. So I tried to think of some modern-historical movies to fit this theme.

1. Iron Jawed Angels - Movie about the suffrage movement with a lot of fabulous women in the cast who are admired in their own right (like Hilary Swank, etc). From 2004?

2. Selma Hayek’s role in ‘Frida’ ... I can’t get enough of Frida Kahlo, I’m seriously obsessed. I can’t begin to tell you how many books or T-shirts I have around the house with her image on them.

3. ‘The Passion of Joan of Arc’.... I know there’s the new series, but this is the movie from 1928 and it’s a silent film, so it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I went through a French phase. Okay, let’s be real, I’m still in it.

4. The women of NASA in ‘Hidden Figures’, which if you’re looking for more ways to celebrate Juneteenth it’s a great film. Period.

5. The Crown. It took me a while to get into this, but I’m glad I stuck it out. Especially considering all the current murmurs about the monarchy, it seems relevant and poignant.

1. Gentleman Jack- a show about Anne Lister, a famously chaotic business lesbian set in the 1830s England.

2. Belle (2013) - a film about a mixed race heiress in 1700s England who helped, alongside her lawyer abolitionist boyfriend, to prove to the english supreme court that Slavery had no moral justification in English law.

3. Mary Queen of Scots- was this film historically inaccurate? Yes. Did I thoroughly enjoy it anyways? I sure did. Two queens playing power games for two hours was highly enjoyable!

4. Queen of Canton- about the most powerful pirate to ever live- Ching Shih

5. Agora- a 2009 movie that while very historically inaccurate (Due to lack of information about the main character's life mostly) is an enjoyable piece about Hypatia- the woman who reinvented division to make it more simple, and was locally revered as being an expert mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher.

1. Frida Kahlo in Frida
2. Elizabeth
3. Tania Harding
4. Wild
5. Marie Antoinette

1. Anne Boleyn - The Other Boleyn Girl
2. Jaqueline Kennedy - Jackie
3. Katherine Johnson - Hidden Figures
4. Rosa Parks - Rose Parks Story
5. Frida Kahlo - Frida

I love historical movies, especially women in history. I listed a variety from different backgrounds that I really like and definitely recommend. I’ll also add where you can watch them, number 5 is in Chinese and you’d have to read subtitles.

1. Selena Quintanilla in Selena Rent or buy on Amazon.
2. Anita Hill in Confirmation and Anita. I listed both movies because Confirmation is HBO released and Anita is on Amazon Prime.
3. Georgiana Cavendish in The Duchess. Amazon Prime and Netflix.
4. Anna Karenina in Anna Karenina. Netflix or Amazon rent or buy.
5. Empress Wei Zifu in Virtuous Queen of Han. Full episodes on YouTube.