On This Day Sheさんのイラストまとめ

#otd in 2010 Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director for "The Hurt Locker," the story of a US bomb disposal team in Iraq. "“If there’s specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle." https://t.co/RTxTMqOwgw

In 1981, under the pen name 'bell hooks', US professor, activist & critic Gloria Jean Watkins published her hugely influential work Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism, written while she was an undergraduate. She has since published over 30 books.
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#otd in 1966 Czech New Wave director Věra Chytilová's film Sedmikrásky (Daisies) was released. Banned by Czech authorities for "depicting the wanton", the film brought Chytilová international recognition. "I have no desire to cuddle my audience". https://t.co/AodZRKRayd

#OTD in 1949, Maria Tallchief, member of the Osage Nation, became America's first home-grown prima ballerina. She took the lead role in NYC Ballet's premiere of Firebird, directed by Balanchine. https://t.co/QpMOxgxxrE

Harriette Wilson, courtesan, had formal contracts with several wealthy lovers and scandalised Regency Britain with her memoirs. She blackmailed clients, who paid to be left out of her account. 'Publish, and be damned,' said the Duke of Wellington. She did. https://t.co/4ntcoC8XXn

Geronima Parasole was a woodblock cutter and engraver in early modern Rome. Her prints appeared in a 1592 study of coins by Antonio Agustin, probably the first printed book illustrated by a woman. She adapted some images, such as this by Antonio Tempesta https://t.co/tfp6xF34IY

#OTD in 2001 'Bandit Queen' and Indian MP Phoolan Devi was assassinated by rivals of her former gang. After 11 years in jail for crimes including murder, plunder, arson and kidnapping - and suffering crimes, including repeated gang rape - she became an MP.

#OTD in 1793, Charlotte Corday assassinated French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat, because she believed he was too radical. She was executed by guillotine four days later. At her trial she apparently said: “I have killed one man to save 100,000.” https://t.co/nIcErFXrjz

#OTD in 1948 Argentine political leader & First Lady Eva Perón set up the María Eva Duarte de Perón Foundation, which aimed to build homes, schools, hospitals & orphanages in underprivileged areas. On 7 May 1952 she was named Spiritual Leader of the Nation https://t.co/4lRPG2IWda