FEMMES FORMIDABLES
a DIACHRONIC study of the IMAGE of the POWERFUL FEMALE in POPULAR (and maybe other) CULTURES
Thursday, June 27, 2013
YEAR 1934: RED SONYA OF ROGATINO
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I mentioned in my first 1934 post that Robert E. Howard had authored at least three significant femmes formidables in the same year, but...
Sunday, June 23, 2013
YEAR 1934: PAT SAVAGE
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Patricia "Pat" Savage, cousin to Doc Savage, was introduced in the 1934 adventure "Brand of the Werewolf." Though ...
YEAR 1934: DALE ARDEN
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Dale Arden, who appears in the opening installments of the FLASH GORDON comic strip alongside the titular hero, is something of a judgme...
Saturday, June 15, 2013
YEAR 1933: SHAMBLEAU
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The short-story "Shambleau" was the first professional sale of C.L. (Catherine Lucille) Moore, appearing in the November 1933 ...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
YEAR 1932: URSULA GEORGI
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While in most instances I endeavor to survey "femmes formidables" from their very beginnings, I'm not likely to ever to wr...
Saturday, June 8, 2013
YEAR 1930: BRIGID O'SHAUGHNESSY
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This is the first entry I've included purely for historical reasons, as I don't think the character rates very high as a "f...
YEAR 1929: THE SEA HAG
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It feels appropriate that 1929-- the year in which I found one of the first major *heroic* femmes formidables-- also sports a great vill...
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