I’ve seen homes with folding doors as well as homes with pocket doors between parlors. It all depends on the owner’s preference when the home is being built or the owner when it is being renovated.
She must have been a very nice person in addition to all her other attributes or she would never have gotten away with all her antics. Great story. Thanks
Don't listen to any of these haters! Your voice is lovely. Your annunciation is perfect! Remember...if they think they can do better they can always make their own videos! I thoroughly enjoyed this video, in all aspects.
Lovely voice ❤ ignore the rude comments apparently some people were never taught if you can’t say anything nice say nothing but I guess it’s easy to be rude these days when you can say hurtful things and not face person.
I couldn’t find many pictures of Sallie. The portrait I used in the thumbnail is of Sallie which appears at 3:30 and 14:20, as well as a couple drawings of her at 3:17 and 4:14.
Eternal Rest Grant unto Her, O Lord, & Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Her. May She Rest in Peace. And May Her Soul & All the Souls of The Faithful Departed Rest in Peace. Amen
I’m really picky about the voices of narrators and this one is less irritating than most. I think she might also do some relaxation/sleep videos. I like her.
This made me smile. However I don't think Margaret Mitchell's inspiration came from Kentucky. She said she based Scarlett on her mother. Also I am part of the Napier family and our families were said to be friends with the Mitchell's. Sally's story does mirror Scarlett's but that is about it. Nicely done video.
A woman ahead of her time, and she seemed to choose her husbands more carefully as she aged and learned life lessons. I liked how she liked lavender and purple later in life.
Thanks for sharing some information about American history. The movie called, "Mrs. Robinson" is a Hollywood tradtion based on a true story about an English and Spanish speaking woman living in the far North American south who had during the18th century married a European entreupreneur who was into noble 'farming' in North America. Was the original Mrs. Robinson really only ever a Eupopean born one or what? When the head of a family from that kind of old fashioned mansion and surrounding lavish gardens comes up to you to say, "You are our leader now." That would sound to most people just way too good to be true. Way too good to be true while constant being encouraged from there to be sharing to all concerned about the culture which you are said to be from. Another Hollywood tradition title for a movie often includes the word, "Fargo." "Fargo" minus the last name included with it - Wells. While a lot of us living in North America are often being flooded with propaganda against the west second hand store sorting warehouses is where a lot of the western history books are ending up while that is happening. So predictable how that has been happening since the year 2008. Has the stock market ever crashed as much since the year 2008? Seems to me that way back during the late 18th century while the industrial revolution was already well underway doing your best to avoid being treated like only an object puppet to be used by rich people must have been far more challenging to do back then regardless if you were a man or a woman or only a child at the time.
Etiquette of proper society in the 19th century would have required you to Keep Silent if you have nothing kind to say. No need to post; it is obviously remarks meant to hurt a person who has bothered to put this video together and share. What have YOU done lately, especially for the good of others? Please tell; we'd all like to know!
@@jessicaperez1370 You are just a nasty person with very bad etiquette. What my society calls a 'prole' of the lowest rank. What have you contributed to society? hmmmm?
Why are you watching and pray tell, Why in God's name even here commenting at all? Just to hurt another's feelings? You are definitely not the Upper Class and never will be. What a shame!
Why does ever other source say Sallie's second husband died in 1867 killed in the war. Not falling out a window. There is only one reference to him falling out a window drunk.
The content is fine. The delivery needs improvement. Annuciation can be improved, as some words are mispronounced (e.g., New Orleans). The vocals should come from the abdoman and not the top of the chest. If you listen to people on the news, you can tell the difference in where the vocals are coming from there and here. Hope this helps, because, again, the content is fine.
In the old days, a "lady" would have been taught to speak sweetly and softly as the narrator does here. So before folks get on their high horses about her unbearable voice, reflect: the best of ladies ---as I'm sure all the ladies here would have accomplished easily---would all have clamored to have had an equally soft, distinct and musical voices and wouldn't have screeched like some of the rude harridans here.
Yes, my gr grandmother had a voice much like the narrator's because in her day a lady, a properly educated lady never spoke like the women on social media, popular television programs like the loudmouthed "ladies" of The View, as an example.
It sounds to me as though she had a near perfect life. Did the one husband fall from the window? Or did he end his life by choice? I find it interesting how these women kept marrying. It's almost like the men were waiting in line, hoping to be next.
Ravishing images. I will watch again to pause and better savour them. As for the narration: Not my cup of tea but at least we are spared robotic AI. Also, care was taken to enunciate clearly; that's a sign of respect to listeners in my book. Regarding the text itself, I get skeptical when someone is described as too good to be true. Different interpretations can be put on Sally's many capers. High-spiritedness, or an all-consuming need to be the center of attention? My intuition tends to the latter.
Sheesh the narrator sounds like she's labotomized and bored and this is an interesting story and I'm actually a ward descendant and this story is being read like a phone book and I have to go away hopefully someone with more enthusiasm for the story ..can re read it and make it more engaging and enjoyable
If you were a "Ward descendant" you would have better manners. Was it necessary for you to hurt another's feelings who has bothered to do the work to share the story of your supposed descendant? How ungrateful! You must be from the "lower" branch of the family (6th cousin removed, perhaps?). A proper Southern Belle or even a proper Northern woman of the early and mid-19th century would have voices quite like the narrator's. But today, all the 'prole' women want to sound like men. I think Lady Diana Spencer (later Princess) had a very similar, quiet and measured voice as most still do in her particular class today. You could learn a thing or two, missy.
You sound like an artificial voice from 10 years ago when computers were incapable of reading normal texts. Sounds really weird to place the emphasis on the last words and also stretching the LAST sylla-BLEEEE and KEEP repea-TINGGG 😉
Do you think she's speaking like that on purpose? Or do you think it's her natural voice? I think it's probably her natural voice and it boggles my mind as to what kind of inconsiderate asshole would call someone out for the way they speak. Are you that eloquent in speech yourself that you have any place criticizing someone else or are you just a bully who thinks their opinion is the most important in the room? Either way, it's rude and really had no place pertinent in conversation. I don't know what compels people like you to think it's cute or necessary to lend your opinions when it accomplishes nothing but making someone feel bad about something they cannot control. Screw with people over things they CAN change...not things they were born with. Would you call someone handicapped out and make it a point to dissect each aspect of their disability? It's the same thing. It's bullying behavior and it's not necessary to interject with your opinion if it's going to cut someone down. The whole world is tired of it.
Think about this- people today send their children to Montessori and Reggio Emilia based schools (Italian) all across the USA. I think what is meant is French concept or philosophical based not location based. Not sure how fantasies come into that. People get post secondary degrees in French Literature, History or even language without ever having stepped foot in France. That doesn’t negate their degrees nor make them a fantasy. Being geographically in a country isn’t the only way to learn their customs, fashion, politics and mores. Just saying…. So if your comment is meant to be shady towards southerners it falls flat but it was amusing. 🤣
Mme Deborah Grelaud, Mme Anne Marie Sigoigne, and Charles and Marie Picot all had French boarding schools in Philadelphia during this time. Varina Davis attended Mme Grelaud's. Mary Todd Lincoln attended Mme Victoire Mentelle's French boarding school in Lexington. French boarding schools were a very normal way to educate upper class girls of this period.
Haha, there's nothing better than seeing some snarky, want-to-be know it all reveal their complete ignorance on a subject. As pointed out by many here, yes, there were indeed 'French' finishing schools in the US.
Hi Lavish History! I’m Anne, the girl that messaged you a few months ago. I’ve been looking for someone to talk about historical stuff with but unfortunately nobody in my life is interested in this type of stuff. Could we please become online friends and just talk please 😊
@@lavishhistory9751 Be careful with this. Nigeria is extremely well known for con artists extorting money from Americans. Literally at least a dozen have attempted it with me and there’s all kinds of news articles and documentaries about it. You seem like a nice person and I don’t want to see you taken advantage of. Take care.
@@kellyshomemadekitchen Wow okay. I understand where you’re coming from and I’m not oblivious to the fact that my country is a nasty one, especially when it comes to scamming foreigners. This is why I don’t like chatting with foreigners because I’m afraid that once I mention my country they’ll immediately shun me and think I’m just a lowly scammer and the last thing I want to do is to make someone feel uncomfortable or weary because of my actions. But I’m just a 15 year old girl and I’ve really gotten into history but every single person around me thinks I’m weird for it. All I want is someone to talk to about people like Empress Sisi and Queen Victoria. I just want to feel like I’m not just a weird introverted nerd who likes something no one else likes. I’m really sorry 😞 if I made you uncomfortable. You don’t have to contact me. I’ll just keep my dumb historian self to my self then. Nice talking to you 👍
WAY too melodramatic. To the point your prose is dripping with such syrupy sweetness as to drown a listener. Well researched but the History is so over shadowed by the melodrama and syrupy words that it's almost lost.
It would have been better if the narrator had had an appropriate southern accent! It's a little distracting to hear this story related by someone so obviously from elsewhere--pleasant as she may be!
It sounds as if Sally had been dreadfully spoiled, which, unfortunately, sullied her character ….She couldn’t handle normal, married life-nor, of not being the center of attention….Divorce was a mortal sin before 1900-especially for a Catholic, as Ward was-her leaving her husband would have been looked upon with horror by her southern neighbors (no matter how “privileged” her family was)…. I’m surprised her father didn’t demand that she remain in the marriage…. One can read the social costs she endured between the lines : Going from the son of the American Ambassador to England (about as premium a match as she could have hoped to get)….to, a local doctor…..This video is sweet, but is also largely fictitious. Ward would have endured much social exclusion for her divorce and separation….(Also, you failed to mention how old she was when she died)….?
What????????????????????????? It meant they were a perfectly Matched ATTRACTIVE COUPLE. Wow, the educational system over the last 40-50 years has really gone down hill looking at all the ignorant comments here. No critical thinking skills whatsoever! SAD.
I stopped listening when the narraying robot said the father if this girl was a 'prince among men'. (0.17 sec) I assume he was a slave owner. HE or she should not be lauded. Their cruelty is their legacy and as such aew beneath contempt. The first 17 seconds are nausaeting. The whole 18 min must be uttrly disgusting. ''LAVISH HISTORY''???? most insensitive and tactless
@seanohelan8241 it’s too bad you didn’t listen- you missed the part about her being a staunch Lincoln and Union supporter during the Civil War, even though her husband was a Confederate supporter and it split them apart. As a woman in the Antebellum era, she’d have no say on how things were run on the property where she lived. She was considered another piece of first her father’s and then later her husband’s property. And people aren’t only Good or Bad. People are far more complicated. Doing one bad thing doesn’t make them incapable of doing any good in their lives. There’s a whole lot of grey out there, not just black and white. Read some more..(if someone hasn’t either rewritten the history or burned or banned the books) knowledge is freedom
@Jackielocks I did not miss where this belle was a Lincoln supporter. Still this video seems to glorify this decadent lifestyle with no mention of the real horror lying beneath.
@@proudcynophile1901 this time, this specific story wasn’t about that. There are horrors behind every part of our history but it isn’t brought up in every story. Life was harsh for everyone and actually still is in many areas. Civilization is still a pretty thin veneer and if you scratch it you’ll see the horror underneath.
Origin The term likely originated in medieval Spain as sangre azul. It may have come from the pale skin and visible veins of the rich and powerful families of Castile, who claimed to have "pure Gothic" descent. Several Spaniards and French settlers settled southern parts of the US.
Sally sounds like a person that I would have loved to spend time with. A good sense of humor with a kind nature! Intelligent and talented! Wonderful!
Not folding doors between the parlors, but pocket doors that slide into the walls.
The house where my granny was born has those in Arlington, VA
I’ve seen homes with folding doors as well as homes with pocket doors between parlors. It all depends on the owner’s preference when the home is being built or the owner when it is being renovated.
Thank you for the story & soothing pace ❤
She must have been a very nice person in addition to all her other attributes or she would never have gotten away with all her antics. Great story. Thanks
What a magnificent lady. She was so elegant and graceful yet very lively and intelligent.
Very nice video. Interesting. And beautiful pictures.
Thank you very much!
She sounds positively ENCHANTING!!!
Great voice
I thoroughly enjoyed this video‼️👏👏👏 Thank you
Don't listen to any of these haters! Your voice is lovely. Your annunciation is perfect! Remember...if they think they can do better they can always make their own videos! I thoroughly enjoyed this video, in all aspects.
Thank you so much! It can be hard not to sometimes, but comments like yours, for me, speak louder.
I believe you mean enunciation, not annunciation.
Very interesting excellent content!!
I love the slideshow format as you told us her story. I had to watch a second time just to look at the pictures again! Well done! New subscriber!
Thank you so much! I chose each image with care so I’m glad to know you liked them.
I like the narrator. Clear, succinct, no uhs or ums, no stumbling over words. Well rehearsed. Interesting subject. Well presented. Thank you.
Thank you for your kind comment.
@@lavishhistory9751 😀
I agree.
Thank-You. This was a very interesting story. And I LOVE your voice!!!!
Thank you so much! You don’t know how much I appreciate it
The woman Margret Mitchell based her character, Scarlett O'Hara, on was Julia Barnsley of Adairsville, GA.
I thought the narrator's voice was just fine. Thank you
Thank you!
so do I!
The Greenbrier Resort is still open in White Sulphur Springs, WV. It’s beautiful, but expensive.
Sallie Ward seems to have had many tricks up her sleeve that resembled some that appeared in "Jezebel (1939)."
“Jezebel” may be my favorite Bette Davis movie!
Lovely video, thanks for sharing it with us!
This was so interesting, thank you. I love the artwork shown too. Very nice vid 🤍
All of it . Quiet nice indeed.
My exact experience of Massachusetts as well - 1990
We have come a long way in the art of face painting.
And I'm glad of it!!
Lovely voice ❤ ignore the rude comments apparently some people were never taught if you can’t say anything nice say nothing but I guess it’s easy to be rude these days when you can say hurtful things and not face person.
Thank you! I appreciate your kindness
I don't know which images are really of Sallie Ward.
I couldn’t find many pictures of Sallie. The portrait I used in the thumbnail is of Sallie which appears at 3:30 and 14:20, as well as a couple drawings of her at 3:17 and 4:14.
Eternal Rest Grant unto Her, O Lord, & Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Her. May She Rest in Peace.
And May Her Soul & All the Souls of The Faithful Departed Rest in Peace. Amen
Now do one on Cora Baker. She was called the laughing Bell by the European newspapers when she made her grand tour.
Wonderful ❤️☺️
I love the narrator's sweet voice
Thank you so much!
I’m really picky about the voices of narrators and this one is less irritating than most. I think she might also do some relaxation/sleep videos. I like her.
I always loved the movie Scarlett O'Hara
You mean Gone With the Wind
This made me smile. However I don't think Margaret Mitchell's inspiration came from Kentucky. She said she based Scarlett on her mother.
Also I am part of the Napier family and our families were said to be friends with the Mitchell's.
Sally's story does mirror Scarlett's but that is about it.
Nicely done video.
Dropping names like that is so cringe 🤦🏻♀️
@@KellyfromMemphisDD214
Why? Everyone has a right to talk about whatever they like. No need to insult a stranger.
I don't see any similarities, except for the multiple marriages.
@@jeannadriver9552 agreed
@@KellyfromMemphisDD214 Tut, tut....jealous, are we?
It's almost gaggy how perfect she supposedly was. I guess it's "Ugly as sin but has beautiful money."
Hahaa
Jealous, are we?
A woman ahead of her time, and she seemed to choose her husbands more carefully as she aged and learned life lessons. I liked how she liked lavender and purple later in life.
The voice patterns are often use in hypnosis. It may be triggering people.
Where did you find all those beautiful paintings with those great dresses?
Hi! I mainly found them searching the internet and Pinterest.
Thanks
I wish the pictures were of Sallie.
I like her voice
Thank you!
Before Madonna and Lady Gaga . . . SALLIE WARD of Louisville, Kentucky ❤
Such negativity 😔
Go outside an enjoy some sunshine. 😊
Exactly
I would love to watch this but the sing-song voice presentation is very distracting along with the hard whistle “s”. 👎🏻
Give me a break
It screams, "I've been taking sedatives and I don't understand the words so I'm just randomly reading them off the page."
Yeah, hate it
I found the narrator delightful
Haterrrrr
Thanks for sharing some information about American history. The movie called, "Mrs. Robinson" is a Hollywood tradtion based on a true story about an English and Spanish speaking woman living in the far North American south who had during the18th century married a European entreupreneur who was into noble 'farming' in North America. Was the original Mrs. Robinson really only ever a Eupopean born one or what? When the head of a family from that kind of old fashioned mansion and surrounding lavish gardens comes up to you to say, "You are our leader now." That would sound to most people just way too good to be true. Way too good to be true while constant being encouraged from there to be sharing to all concerned about the culture which you are said to be from. Another Hollywood tradition title for a movie often includes the word, "Fargo." "Fargo" minus the last name included with it - Wells. While a lot of us living in North America are often being flooded with propaganda against the west second hand store sorting warehouses is where a lot of the western history books are ending up while that is happening. So predictable how that has been happening since the year 2008. Has the stock market ever crashed as much since the year 2008? Seems to me that way back during the late 18th century while the industrial revolution was already well underway doing your best to avoid being treated like only an object puppet to be used by rich people must have been far more challenging to do back then regardless if you were a man or a woman or only a child at the time.
Shame with the silly voice of the narrator 😊 switch off
I agree. I'm not going to watch this video.
It made it boring
Etiquette of proper society in the 19th century would have required you to Keep Silent if you have nothing kind to say. No need to post; it is obviously remarks meant to hurt a person who has bothered to put this video together and share. What have YOU done lately, especially for the good of others? Please tell; we'd all like to know!
@@vincentmancini6279 Why do you bother commenting? Make your own video and hope people watch it.
@@jessicaperez1370 You are just a nasty person with very bad etiquette. What my society calls a 'prole' of the lowest rank. What have you contributed to society? hmmmm?
Narator's voice is so irritating.
Open your mind
I agree.
Why are you watching and pray tell, Why in God's name even here commenting at all? Just to hurt another's feelings? You are definitely not the Upper Class and never will be. What a shame!
The cadence if the narration is mechanical sounding and not how American English is typically spoken.
So much negativity! Get over yourselves!
Why does ever other source say Sallie's second husband died in 1867 killed in the war. Not falling out a window. There is only one reference to him falling out a window drunk.
I love the narrator's sexy voice.
It is " Louvull"
The content is fine. The delivery needs improvement. Annuciation can be improved, as some words are mispronounced (e.g., New Orleans). The vocals should come from the abdoman and not the top of the chest. If you listen to people on the news, you can tell the difference in where the vocals are coming from there and here. Hope this helps, because, again, the content is fine.
Enunciation- not annunciation
Hottie Voice narrator 😜😜😜
In the old days, a "lady" would have been taught to speak sweetly and softly as the narrator does here.
So before folks get on their high horses about her unbearable voice, reflect: the best of ladies ---as I'm sure all the ladies here would have accomplished easily---would all have clamored to have had an equally soft, distinct and musical voices and wouldn't have screeched like some of the rude harridans here.
Thank you for your sweet comment.
Yes, my gr grandmother had a voice much like the narrator's because in her day a lady, a properly educated lady never spoke like the women on social media, popular television programs like the loudmouthed "ladies" of The View, as an example.
It sounds to me as though she had a near perfect life. Did the one husband fall from the window? Or did he end his life by choice? I find it interesting how these women kept marrying. It's almost like the men were waiting in line, hoping to be next.
This readers voice was uncomfortable. I switched to closed caption. It was interesting.
“Natural beauty?”
I think not.
Can NOT do this voice ! OMG!
the narrators voice is insane parady
Agreed-30 seconds was all I could take! The voice is pretty, but sing-songy and monotonous.
Did she have a Catholic funeral??
Ravishing images. I will watch again to pause and better savour them.
As for the narration: Not my cup of tea but at least we are spared robotic AI. Also, care was taken to enunciate clearly; that's a sign of respect to listeners in my book.
Regarding the text itself, I get skeptical when someone is described as too good to be true. Different interpretations can be put on Sally's many capers. High-spiritedness, or an all-consuming need to be the center of attention? My intuition tends to the latter.
BOT reading script - YUK
Same, sorry but need another speakerv
All these stories about how beautiful was the Old South remind me of the same stories about how beautiful were the Germans in the 1930s.
Both could be beautiful its got nothing to do with it
Please, change the narrator’s voice.
I like the narration
Thank you! I really appreciate it
Vapid valley girlish sound
Get over yourself
@@kathleenchaffin2591 Aren't you the doyenne of diction and narration? Did a hyena die an leave you in charge of all things vocal?
She sounds too perfect, but in every ointment there is usually a fly, undoubtedly. Sounds quite spoiled and wayward.
I can’t listen. I could read this
Sheesh the narrator sounds like she's labotomized and bored and this is an interesting story and I'm actually a ward descendant and this story is being read like a phone book and I have to go away hopefully someone with more enthusiasm for the story ..can re read it and make it more engaging and enjoyable
If you were a "Ward descendant" you would have better manners. Was it necessary for you to hurt another's feelings who has bothered to do the work to share the story of your supposed descendant? How ungrateful! You must be from the "lower" branch of the family (6th cousin removed, perhaps?). A proper Southern Belle or even a proper Northern woman of the early and mid-19th century would have voices quite like the narrator's. But today, all the 'prole' women want to sound like men. I think Lady Diana Spencer (later Princess) had a very similar, quiet and measured voice as most still do in her particular class today. You could learn a thing or two, missy.
You sound like an artificial voice from 10 years ago when computers were incapable of reading normal texts. Sounds really weird to place the emphasis on the last words and also stretching the LAST sylla-BLEEEE and KEEP repea-TINGGG 😉
Do you think she's speaking like that on purpose? Or do you think it's her natural voice? I think it's probably her natural voice and it boggles my mind as to what kind of inconsiderate asshole would call someone out for the way they speak. Are you that eloquent in speech yourself that you have any place criticizing someone else or are you just a bully who thinks their opinion is the most important in the room? Either way, it's rude and really had no place pertinent in conversation. I don't know what compels people like you to think it's cute or necessary to lend your opinions when it accomplishes nothing but making someone feel bad about something they cannot control. Screw with people over things they CAN change...not things they were born with. Would you call someone handicapped out and make it a point to dissect each aspect of their disability? It's the same thing. It's bullying behavior and it's not necessary to interject with your opinion if it's going to cut someone down. The whole world is tired of it.
Unwatchable because of the irritating voice of the narrator.
The Narrator suffers from a decided lack of intonation.
The narration is dismal at best, at this point I’d take an AI voice 🤦🏼♀️
Can’t finish watching because of narration 😖🫨
“Sally was sent to a French finishing school, in Philadelphia…” 🙄
Is there no end to southern fantasies about their past?
There were French people in the United States in those days.
Think about this- people today send their children to Montessori and Reggio Emilia based schools (Italian) all across the USA. I think what is meant is French concept or philosophical based not location based. Not sure how fantasies come into that. People get post secondary degrees in French Literature, History or even language without ever having stepped foot in France. That doesn’t negate their degrees nor make them a fantasy. Being geographically in a country isn’t the only way to learn their customs, fashion, politics and mores. Just saying…. So if your comment is meant to be shady towards southerners it falls flat but it was amusing. 🤣
Mme Deborah Grelaud, Mme Anne Marie Sigoigne, and Charles and Marie Picot all had French boarding schools in Philadelphia during this time. Varina Davis attended Mme Grelaud's. Mary Todd Lincoln attended Mme Victoire Mentelle's French boarding school in Lexington. French boarding schools were a very normal way to educate upper class girls of this period.
Haha, there's nothing better than seeing some snarky, want-to-be know it all reveal their complete ignorance on a subject. As pointed out by many here, yes, there were indeed 'French' finishing schools in the US.
A lot of southerners are descended from French ancestors and royal ones at that. It’s not a fantasy. It’s history. Ever heard of Louisiana?
Awful narration
Hi Lavish History! I’m Anne, the girl that messaged you a few months ago. I’ve been looking for someone to talk about historical stuff with but unfortunately nobody in my life is interested in this type of stuff. Could we please become online friends and just talk please 😊
You’re American, right? Well I’m Nigerian.
@@lavishhistory9751
Be careful with this. Nigeria is extremely well known for con artists extorting money from Americans. Literally at least a dozen have attempted it with me and there’s all kinds of news articles and documentaries about it. You seem like a nice person and I don’t want to see you taken advantage of. Take care.
Wow how scary! Thank you for the advice. You take care as well!
@@lavishhistory9751
Absolutely, you are welcome!
@@kellyshomemadekitchen Wow okay. I understand where you’re coming from and I’m not oblivious to the fact that my country is a nasty one, especially when it comes to scamming foreigners.
This is why I don’t like chatting with foreigners because I’m afraid that once I mention my country they’ll immediately shun me and think I’m just a lowly scammer and the last thing I want to do is to make someone feel uncomfortable or weary because of my actions.
But I’m just a 15 year old girl and I’ve really gotten into history but every single person around me thinks I’m weird for it. All I want is someone to talk to about people like Empress Sisi and Queen Victoria. I just want to feel like I’m not just a weird introverted nerd who likes something no one else likes.
I’m really sorry 😞 if I made you uncomfortable. You don’t have to contact me. I’ll just keep my dumb historian self to my self then. Nice talking to you 👍
WAY too melodramatic. To the point your prose is dripping with such syrupy sweetness as to drown a listener. Well researched but the History is so over shadowed by the melodrama and syrupy words that it's almost lost.
Meh...
It would have been better if the narrator had had an appropriate southern accent! It's a little distracting to hear this story related by someone so obviously from elsewhere--pleasant as she may be!
I think bothering to spend the time to put this together and honor the Southern Belle is much more important. Do you not think so?
It sounds as if Sally had been dreadfully spoiled, which, unfortunately, sullied her character ….She couldn’t handle normal, married life-nor, of not being the center of attention….Divorce was a mortal sin before 1900-especially for a Catholic, as Ward was-her leaving her husband would have been looked upon with horror by her southern neighbors (no matter how “privileged” her family was)…. I’m surprised her father didn’t demand that she remain in the marriage….
One can read the social costs she endured between the lines : Going from the son of the American Ambassador to England (about as premium a match as she could have hoped to get)….to, a local doctor…..This video is sweet, but is also largely fictitious. Ward would have endured much social exclusion for her divorce and separation….(Also, you failed to mention how old she was when she died)….?
Sorry, can't listen to this voice
He doesen't look handsome at all by any means. :) Should I carry on watching the video if it starts with such distortion of reality? :)
Female orator disappointing
No, she sounds exactly like a proper Belle, Northern or Southern from the 1800s. She isn't looking for a position on The View TV series, for example.
She is my favorite onator!
You might consider hiring a professional narrator (or a talented friend)….The “little girl” voice really distracts from your excellent content
He was as handsome as she was beautiful? That was a nasty insult
How?
What????????????????????????? It meant they were a perfectly Matched ATTRACTIVE COUPLE. Wow, the educational system over the last 40-50 years has really gone down hill looking at all the ignorant comments here. No critical thinking skills whatsoever! SAD.
@@kellyshomemadekitcheni agree how
@@katarinasvensson9801
Didn’t make sense to me either 🤷🏻♀️
I stopped listening when the narraying robot said the father if this girl was a 'prince among men'. (0.17 sec) I assume he was a slave owner. HE or she should not be lauded. Their cruelty is their legacy and as such aew beneath contempt. The first 17 seconds are nausaeting. The whole 18 min must be uttrly disgusting. ''LAVISH HISTORY''???? most insensitive and tactless
@seanohelan8241 it’s too bad you didn’t listen- you missed the part about her being a staunch Lincoln and Union supporter during the Civil War, even though her husband was a Confederate supporter and it split them apart. As a woman in the Antebellum era, she’d have no say on how things were run on the property where she lived. She was considered another piece of first her father’s and then later her husband’s property.
And people aren’t only Good or Bad. People are far more complicated. Doing one bad thing doesn’t make them incapable of doing any good in their lives. There’s a whole lot of grey out there, not just black and white. Read some more..(if someone hasn’t either rewritten the history or burned or banned the books) knowledge is freedom
Precisely what I was thinking!
@Jackielocks I did not miss where this belle was a Lincoln supporter. Still this video seems to glorify this decadent lifestyle with no mention of the real horror lying beneath.
@@proudcynophile1901 this time, this specific story wasn’t about that. There are horrors behind every part of our history but it isn’t brought up in every story. Life was harsh for everyone and actually still is in many areas. Civilization is still a pretty thin veneer and if you scratch it you’ll see the horror underneath.
All rich people had slaves it was legal we cant compare this time with the past. Not all slavovners was cruel either.
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The term likely originated in medieval Spain as sangre azul. It may have come from the pale skin and visible veins of the rich and powerful families of Castile, who claimed to have "pure Gothic" descent. Several Spaniards and French settlers settled southern parts of the US.