Superwomen
In this 1916 work, Albert Payson Terhune introduces twelve immensely influential women, whose actions influenced world history. Terhune chooses well-known figures whose stories are as much myth as history, like Cleopatra and Helen of Troy, artists such as George Sand, and a number of ladies whose names are not so well-known today, because their work was not immediately visible to the uninitiated. All stories will be interested to the modern feminist, and each reader and listener should be able to find a personal heroine among these select twelve. - Summary by Carolin
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | Foreword | BettyB |
00:02:21 |
| Play 01 | Lola Montez, the Dancer who kicked over a Throne | aniroo |
00:29:05 |
| Play 02 | Ninon de L'Enclos, premiere Siren of two Centuries | Ciufi Galeazzi |
00:36:24 |
| Play 03 | Peg Woffington, Irish Heart Conjurer | Ciufi Galeazzi |
00:32:31 |
| Play 04 | Helen of Troy, Model for all the Sirens of the Centuries | Linda Johnson |
00:47:51 |
| Play 05 | Madame Jumel, New York's first official Heart Breaker | Linda Johnson |
00:45:48 |
| Play 06 | Adrienne Lecouvreur, the 'Actress Heart Queen' | Linda Johnson |
00:37:17 |
| Play 07 | Cleopatra, 'the Serpent of old Nile' | Linda Johnson |
00:41:24 |
| Play 08 | George Sand, the hopelessly ugly Siren | Linda Johnson |
00:35:21 |
| Play 09 | Madame du Barry, the Seven-Million-Dollar Siren | BettyB |
00:44:17 |
| Play 10 | 'The most gorgeous Lady Blessington' | Linda Johnson |
00:45:31 |
| Play 11 | Madame Recamier, the frozen-hearted Angel | Linda Johnson |
00:37:16 |
| Play 12 | Lady Hamilton, Patron Saint of Dime-Novel Heroines | Linda Johnson |
00:40:07 |