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  • @LifeInPink999
    @LifeInPink999 2 года назад +121

    I feel that after the incident when she just was a young girl she grew to despise men therefore was able to use them so easily and abandon one for another, also there is her wanting to be the benefactor of female artist when she “retired”. I can’t blame her to be fair she did what she has to survive even with such horrible trauma.

    • @ladyredl3210
      @ladyredl3210 Год назад +24

      The thing that bugs me about this is when men are ruthless and treat women badly we don’t judge them. But when women do the same they’re judged.

    • @noneya9866
      @noneya9866 Год назад

      @@ladyredl3210 stfu fr 😂 nowhere near true lmfao

    • @jacquelynsharp9354
      @jacquelynsharp9354 Год назад +1

      Uh...we use the men bc they don't want to commit,don't wanna do right,the men are the whores,making some of us ,omen to depend on them for financial help,it sucks!!😢

    • @anadumuakr4054
      @anadumuakr4054 Год назад +4

      @@ladyredl3210 right

    • @foxx2990
      @foxx2990 11 месяцев назад

      @@ladyredl3210 What self pitying garbage. …men are absolutely excoriated these days when they treat women badly…by the media, their community, by their colleagues, and every other institution. Are you living under a rock ?
      It’s women who are given freedoms to mock, mistreat and abuse men without any negative repercussions, and frequently with overt support.

  • @patriciapalmer4215
    @patriciapalmer4215 2 года назад +109

    Years of reading and never knew of the head shaving penalty. If we're fortunate, learning is lifelong. Thank you for your time and effort !

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  2 года назад +3

      Thanks for watching 😁

    • @patriciapalmer4215
      @patriciapalmer4215 2 года назад +7

      @@ForgottenLives It was my pleasure, I'm looking forward to more ! Just when I think I...bam, somebody new, knowing so much it keeps me humble.😱

    • @coyotedust
      @coyotedust 2 года назад

      After Paris was liberated Parisians rounded up all the women that slept with the Nazis. They shaved their heads publicly and then put them on the back of horse wagons and military vehicles and paraded them through town. It's been done for centuries. You can see video footage of women being punished for sleeping with the Nazis on the internet.

    • @LifeInPink999
      @LifeInPink999 2 года назад +5

      What I heard about was branding prostitutes in a very visible place to shame them. I feel like that happened during the monarchy era, cutting the hair seems a more civil penalty that branding someone with hot iron. Hair grows after all but this ladies probably were not wealthy enough to afford a wig so indeed still passed shame.
      I always wonder why the ladies were punished and not their clients, if there is no demand for certain service this will cease to exist.

    • @dawnelder9046
      @dawnelder9046 Год назад +5

      They did the same to women who had slept with German soldiers after WW2.

  • @elaineanderson4966
    @elaineanderson4966 2 года назад +134

    A truly fascinating creature who made her own rules throughout life. How wonderful after being traumatised so horribly that she could find the generosity to sponsor female writers and artists and support them.

    • @GGora
      @GGora 2 года назад +6

      She’s like the ghost of Meghan Markle. Except, prettier.

    • @elaineanderson4966
      @elaineanderson4966 2 года назад +4

      Mary Magdalena was a working girl and her company was good enough 4 Jesus's but not good enough 4 you I suppose.Such is the pretentious life of a so called religious individual to talk the talk but not walk the walk. Jesus's went where he was most required to heal those who had the most spiritual lessons to learn. God doesn't judge us until the end of our days and yes I am a chosen one so I will be going where he has guided me to go.

    • @toobaaaapi
      @toobaaaapi Год назад +1

      Mary Magdalene was a sinner trying to repent, you saying Jesus had no problem being in her company is an extremely poor choice of words. God's door is open for anyone who repents, no matter how big a sinner, but they should be willing to repent, as long as they don't and consider their ways as correct, there is absolutely nothing pretentious about calling it a sin.

  • @judyjudy51
    @judyjudy51 2 года назад +12

    One of my very favourite “Forgotten Lives”. Fabulous her connection with the painters and her fostering of women in the arts.

  • @patriciafaison9164
    @patriciafaison9164 2 года назад +58

    Such interesting stories, well presented and respectful to the subject. It's great to see the lesser known people, but they're just as much a part of the greater story. Keep up the good work. 💝

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  2 года назад +3

      Will do, thanks very much!

    • @dear_totheheart
      @dear_totheheart Год назад

      @@ForgottenLives truly so insightful and professional and considerate of the human condition and struggle

  • @meowcenary21
    @meowcenary21 2 года назад +24

    Such a fascinating life she lived. Spot on research and sources, as always.

  • @ZYX84
    @ZYX84 2 года назад +41

    ❤ So very good to see you. I look forward to your analysis and your stories, they’re always heartfelt and delivered with such grace and style.❤

  • @ruthanneseven
    @ruthanneseven 2 года назад +119

    I love that she supported women in the arts, once she had reached her own goals and wealth. I find her so relatable, as her assault changed her life. She got her revenge so perfectly, by the same sex that had all the rights and power over women. She found their Achilles Heel, massaging it into success for herself. She was no victim! Her later support of women really illustrates her consciousness over such matters. I have to applaud her, and you, for highlighting the use of adversity and injury towards successful resolution. In her shoes, I very likely would have done the same thing.
    You have a marvelous gift for finding such interesting ladies! I would want you to write my story some day, as it has been as though I lived 9 lives, yet no one would know how far reaching the effects have been, nor could they find out.
    Thank you for another wonderful presentation! 🧝‍♀️

    • @Amytianaglobal
      @Amytianaglobal 2 года назад +1

    • @jacquelynsharp9354
      @jacquelynsharp9354 Год назад

      And as a woman who knows,I'd bet that even though it was long ago,a different era,I bet alot of these men she was with were probably sexual deviants of some kink/nasty tastes,fancy disgusting acts ,it is so with Many wealthy men,they're alone for good reasons that regular women won't get far enough to find out!lol

    • @noorgonzalez1076
      @noorgonzalez1076 Год назад

      Isaiah 35:5,6
      Psalm 37:29
      Revelation 21:3,4

  • @composing-chaos
    @composing-chaos 2 года назад +147

    She was a testament of taking a painful horrifying experience to commanding her own life by using her brains and her beauty. She made her own wealth by manipulating the weaknesses of men. She influenced other women to take control in a similar manner.

    • @fatovamingus
      @fatovamingus Год назад

      You never take control of that and you just spiral further into self-abuse and that is what this woman was doing. Of course I could be wrong

  • @tarabooartarmy3654
    @tarabooartarmy3654 2 года назад +19

    The image about 5 minutes in looks a bit like Natalie Portman. Quite striking.
    As an artist myself, I spend a good portion of my income as a patron of other artists. It’s a wonderful feeling knowing that I’m playing a part in making their dreams come true, and in return I receive some lovely art and illustrations that inspire me daily.

  • @EconMBAStudent
    @EconMBAStudent 2 года назад +15

    Thank you. Another thoroughly enjoyable video, you handle your subjects with such sensitivity and respect, and there is a depth of research which is fascinating and again I love your spot on foreign pronunciation it’s a joy to hear.

  • @bettinabarry8423
    @bettinabarry8423 2 года назад +12

    Thank you! Glad you mentioned what became of her daughter. Happy New Year!

  • @spinstercatlady
    @spinstercatlady 2 года назад +16

    Such a fascinating personage! Excellent job, FL!

  • @elaineanderson4966
    @elaineanderson4966 2 года назад +41

    I Loved the movie " Cheri " with the exquisite Michelle Pfeiffer. If you are interested in this era it is a must watch. I think it is so important to bring attention to the fact that alot of these women were victims of sexual assault which leads to a lack of sexualising boundaries and more abuse until they heal from the trauma. Before judging these women we need to understand the men who damage these women are vicious predators and are the perpetrators in society.

    • @chloeuntrau4588
      @chloeuntrau4588 Год назад +2

      Chéri was written by Colette born 25 years after this woman was born...

    • @sandy-quimsrus
      @sandy-quimsrus Год назад +1

      This reminds me of "Nana", written by Emile Zola.
      Should have listened until the end!

    • @noorgonzalez1076
      @noorgonzalez1076 Год назад

      2 Timothy 3:1-5

  • @nataliep501
    @nataliep501 2 года назад +15

    Hope you're doing well this New Year. Love your vids!

  • @SpanishEclectic
    @SpanishEclectic 2 года назад +5

    So interesting! Thank you. This story would make a great mini-series.

  • @jayhernandez7647
    @jayhernandez7647 2 года назад +19

    Awesome vids my man

  • @LeeLee-ku7er
    @LeeLee-ku7er 2 года назад +16

    I truly do love all of your videos. I’ve watched them all. You do a wonderful job with your research and it always makes for interesting profiles of your subjects. Wishing you a wonderful and successful new year!! ❤

  • @DenebGuzman333
    @DenebGuzman333 2 года назад +11

    Thanks for sharing the best. Happy new year 🎊

  • @jeanneg1628
    @jeanneg1628 2 года назад +8

    really enjoyed this one!! thank you for this lovely video, i love the variety of subjects you manage to find.

  • @justagirlbelieving
    @justagirlbelieving Год назад +1

    Great video! I read a fantastic book on her, The Mistress of Paris. Highly recommend, incredibly well researched. But getting to see the pictures here really added to her story.

  • @globetrotter5800
    @globetrotter5800 2 года назад +9

    That is a very poetic death notice! Brava!!

  • @TeresaE116
    @TeresaE116 2 года назад +9

    Wonderful videos always!

  • @finolaomurchu8217
    @finolaomurchu8217 2 года назад +6

    That was fantastic. Very hard life, but so resilient. She reminds of Liz Hurley in the thumbnail there☘️

    • @annnee6818
      @annnee6818 2 года назад

      YES you're right, couldn't place it but that's it.

  • @vikramadoddamani
    @vikramadoddamani 2 года назад

    Thanks

  • @StoryVoracious
    @StoryVoracious 2 года назад +9

    Hi Henry,
    I always love your work , and especially when you look into the Belle Epoch!
    I'm always looking forward to the next courtesan. Could she be...
    La Presidente? Alice Ozy? Mogador? Caroline Letessier?
    Uh oh... maybe you did her already.
    So many interesting stories.
    Happy New Year!

  • @m.f.richardson1602
    @m.f.richardson1602 2 года назад +3

    Always interesting and informative.
    Thank you
    Peace 💕🇺🇲

  • @darkage5
    @darkage5 2 года назад +4

    That was my first time catching one of your videos at the premier. As always a great story.

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  2 года назад +2

      It was the first premiere I've done! Glad you made it on time :)

  • @cindylam32
    @cindylam32 2 года назад +15

    a girl came from a humble background but lived a brillant life✨️

  • @ElkeMB
    @ElkeMB 2 года назад +7

    Oh! Your first Live Stream and I missed! Sorry FLives, I fall asleep early here... Listening to you now at 11:50pm
    Thank you for this amazing video.
    Happy New Year to you and yours 🎊💥

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  2 года назад +2

      Thanks as usual Elke! Hope all is well :)

    • @ElkeMB
      @ElkeMB 2 года назад +2

      @@ForgottenLives
      You are welcome! Awesome story amazing narration! Thank you, i'm getting there... Good night.

  • @UrbanRomance_
    @UrbanRomance_ 2 года назад +5

    I’m so happy I found your page.. I LOVE history and your voice is calming to my heart❤

  • @mariahammarstrom7934
    @mariahammarstrom7934 2 года назад +28

    Thank you for your good work. Could you do a feature on the Holy Birgitta, Sweden´s first female saint, who lived in the Middle Ages, became a nun and lectured a pope?

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  2 года назад +7

      Thanks! And I'llbe sure to look into her!

  • @tinaboostrom7549
    @tinaboostrom7549 2 года назад +4

    Wow. That was a great story. Keep up the good work

    • @totti.
      @totti. 2 года назад

      Good story even better images

  • @giaatta9303
    @giaatta9303 2 года назад +2

    As always very interesting. Many thanks!

  • @bubblelemodrop3
    @bubblelemodrop3 2 года назад +11

    This channel is growing so fast! I remember when you had just hit 10k. 🤯 you deserve the growth! I thought this vid was going to be about a sickly monarch 😂😂 nice title and vid!!

    • @terripatey311
      @terripatey311 2 года назад +2

      I thought the same about the title, he sure likes to surprise us, I love these vids so very much! :)

  • @stardresser1
    @stardresser1 2 года назад +1

    FASCINATING. amazing work!

  • @berenicewaters4096
    @berenicewaters4096 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the upload. Another excellent story

  • @cruising1792
    @cruising1792 2 года назад +4

    Very interesting, thank you.

  • @duetoronomy
    @duetoronomy 2 года назад +12

    Imagine your bed being in a museum.

  • @frankboff1260
    @frankboff1260 2 года назад +4

    Fabulous as always.

  • @bobbyrutherford9359
    @bobbyrutherford9359 2 года назад +6

    Another great case from Forgotten Lives like always this an incredible channel

  • @charlesreesink7850
    @charlesreesink7850 2 года назад +1

    as usual, excellent work, dedicated, smart and sympathetic

  • @trininl2196
    @trininl2196 2 года назад

    Thanks for the informative video

  • @annnee6818
    @annnee6818 2 года назад

    Fascinating! Thanks for sharing this

  • @kaloarepo288
    @kaloarepo288 2 года назад +9

    I suppose she was continuing in the grand tradition of Madame de Pompadour the glamorous mistress of Louis XV in the eighteenth century.I think it was Frederick the Great of Prussia who commented that France was ruled by petticoats at that time.

  • @brendaholliday6866
    @brendaholliday6866 2 года назад +5

    I enjoyed the replay of your livestream video, it was very intriguing. Great investigating, presentation and historical information, as always. Congratulations, on your first livestream.

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  2 года назад +2

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the support 😊

  • @samanthasingleton4305
    @samanthasingleton4305 Год назад

    Brilliant Story Telling ❤

  • @bookmarker7471
    @bookmarker7471 2 года назад +2

    You made my day. 🎉🎉Happy New Year🎉🎉

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  2 года назад +2

      Happy new year!! And really glad to hear it!

  • @nataliaregina3094
    @nataliaregina3094 2 года назад

    I loved this story thank you for the upload!

  • @sallyethridge1393
    @sallyethridge1393 2 года назад +1

    Thanks, Happy New Year

  • @NannupTiger
    @NannupTiger 2 года назад +2

    Love this channel.

  • @WickedFelina
    @WickedFelina 2 года назад +4

    She, along with the characters of Violetta in La Traviata and Mimi in La Boheme are the inspiration for Baz Lurhmann's Satine "The Sparkling Diamond" in Moulin Rouge. Her hair is red like Satine's. Very well done biography again! ;)

  • @jenniferceballos3665
    @jenniferceballos3665 2 года назад +5

    Love this glad she didn’t forget her daughter

  • @Hava744
    @Hava744 2 года назад +1

    Great video thanks , glad I found you .

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 2 года назад +1

    Great as always

  • @debraschepers9381
    @debraschepers9381 2 года назад

    Wow that was amazing! Fantastic!

  • @deb53
    @deb53 2 года назад +1

    Very interesting - thank you!

  • @jscatt6123
    @jscatt6123 2 года назад +1

    Isn’t the photo at 15:09 supposedly the first photograph of a person, the man in the bottom right?Great episode!

    • @mmsharonmm
      @mmsharonmm 2 года назад +1

      2:26 and yes. Shoe shine station.

  • @lindamorrison4285
    @lindamorrison4285 2 года назад

    Very interesting thank you

  • @HeatherPrichard
    @HeatherPrichard 6 месяцев назад

    I find it fun that her lover, Offenbach wrote the music we associate with the Can Can. He was older than she. I enjoyed The Mistress of Paris by Catherine Hewitt.

  • @pakde8002
    @pakde8002 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for the interesting biography

  • @emmcee662
    @emmcee662 2 года назад +6

    Very interesting - thank you! The “Belle Epoque” was far from “Beautiful” in many ways!

  • @johnburns2940
    @johnburns2940 Год назад

    I imagine that bedstead to blush a ruddy shade as the mortise and tenon joinery is stressed to breaking.

  • @kenyonbissett3512
    @kenyonbissett3512 2 года назад

    Very interesting! I would have liked to have a focus on her relationship with her daughter thru her mid-thirties and onward.

  • @scarlettg6136
    @scarlettg6136 2 года назад +2

    Fascinating biography

  • @nurmaybooba
    @nurmaybooba 2 года назад +3

    She was an interesting women...I am so happy to have watched this.

  • @SariahLoves
    @SariahLoves Год назад +1

    What a Queen, may she rest in money

  • @franzitaduz
    @franzitaduz Год назад +1

    Sounds like the model for Violetta Valery in La Traviata, but Dumas actually based it on another lady. Difficult life she fought to overcome as best a woman could in that day.

  • @yolakin8210
    @yolakin8210 2 года назад +10

    She made the most of the lust rich men had for her.

  • @dolsiemercado3140
    @dolsiemercado3140 2 года назад +2

    Very interesting story. Did her daughter become a famous actress? What happen to her daughter?

  • @anastasia10017
    @anastasia10017 2 года назад +1

    That bed is gorgeous. I love it.

  • @artsylovelylady
    @artsylovelylady 2 года назад +3

    Can you do a video about Ann Cooper Hewitt, the forcibly sterilized heiress? Love your intro, too. It's elegant and eerie at the same time.

  • @zero_bs_tolerance8646
    @zero_bs_tolerance8646 2 года назад

    Thank you.

  • @debbieanne7962
    @debbieanne7962 2 года назад +32

    Wow. What a life. I was wondering what happened to her daughter. Thanks for letting us know, I assume she inherited her mother's property and art

    • @Dee8Bee
      @Dee8Bee 2 года назад +8

      I was wondering the same. Did a quick Wikipedia and it only mentions the daughter being married. Had 3 kids and 1 of them was Andree Rose Godard. She used the name Andree de la Bigne sometimes. Died in 1989.

    • @ruthanneseven
      @ruthanneseven 2 года назад

      @@Dee8Bee
      Wikipedia is notoriously unreliable. I'm sure it might be helpful as a springboard, but people are too reliant on such a dubious source of often unsupported information.

    • @shellydesormier4646
      @shellydesormier4646 2 года назад +1

      @@Dee8Beebut thank you. 🙃 Have a Happy New Year!

  • @amysill3815
    @amysill3815 2 года назад +5

    Sad life.

  • @karinliane547
    @karinliane547 2 года назад +3

    How wonderful was the Belle Epoche !
    What a Life the charming Lady lived ~
    She became Bold ~ 'couse she was knowing how to handle wealthy Men ~
    She was intellektuelle ~
    full of Esprit
    She was building her own Monument ~ and changed the Face of France and Sun Solaire ~
    She produced her " Ego May she RIP ~ after all her Adventures ~
    🌟🎶🎼🕊🎼🎶🌟

  • @nancycurtis7315
    @nancycurtis7315 2 года назад +1

    Where is everyone from? DIMBOOLA in Victoria, Australia.

  • @ladyredl3210
    @ladyredl3210 Год назад

    I love stories like this-something that could have ended her life became her revenge. Awesome, though the story itself is obviously tragic, but not a tragedy.

  • @emimon2351
    @emimon2351 Год назад +3

    Too bad she didn't extend her "wealth and generosity" to her own daughters, abandoning them and leaving one to die from neglect. She was too busy with her own fame.

  • @marcosta183
    @marcosta183 2 года назад +2

    Isola means Island...

  • @FreedomSpirit7
    @FreedomSpirit7 2 года назад

    This was interesting.

  • @yolandaemba919
    @yolandaemba919 2 года назад

    Where can I find her obituary in French?

  • @thewostr
    @thewostr 2 года назад +3

    That's a really nice bed.

  • @mkervelegan
    @mkervelegan 2 года назад

    Sumptuous and delicious, but we expect no less from Forgotten Lives

  • @tymanung6382
    @tymanung6382 2 года назад +3

    Material for a French film---to be accepted at Canne?

  • @karawilliamson106
    @karawilliamson106 2 года назад +1

    👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @rivughosh1230
    @rivughosh1230 Год назад

    How and when you find one....

  • @vivdoolan6846
    @vivdoolan6846 2 года назад +4

    The poor child lost her sister and was then sent away by her mother. It wasnt a case that she couldn't look after her child, she chose not too. Disgraceful.

  • @strangertammer2957
    @strangertammer2957 2 года назад +8

    I ain't sayin she's a gold digger...

  • @DawnOldham
    @DawnOldham 2 года назад +1

    Did her daughter live a happy life? Did she inherit her mother’s estates?

  • @ladysaffire4006
    @ladysaffire4006 2 года назад +1

    👍

  • @deadNightwatchman
    @deadNightwatchman Год назад

    And this, kids, is where the verb "to binge" comes from.
    Wait. Umm. Sorry. I misread that name.

  • @normajeancaballero7959
    @normajeancaballero7959 2 года назад

    👍🎦👍🎦👍🎦👍🎦👍🎦👍🎦👍🎦👍🎦👍🎦

  • @tritzispoosa
    @tritzispoosa 2 года назад +6

    Seems like she really couldn’t love anyone for long not even her own children Money ruled in her heart, vanity and male conquests. Sad really

  • @lilianeyemenidjian9865
    @lilianeyemenidjian9865 2 года назад +1

    The history story is wonderful. The French pronunciations so so.

    • @ladyredl3210
      @ladyredl3210 Год назад

      Considering he seems to be British I’m sure he’s doing his best. There’s so much about the French language that is difficult for English speakers because of how different the mouth shape and tongue placement are. Or so my bilingual friends tell me

  • @lovinitall6639
    @lovinitall6639 2 года назад +1

    Such a sad life,all those men but no true love.

  • @Popunkwillneverdie
    @Popunkwillneverdie 6 месяцев назад

    From emily all the way to nina simone and many more dragged for their existence and yet they're still spoken about to this day ..........

  • @marianndesantis1968
    @marianndesantis1968 2 года назад

    did the daughter stay with her fortune?

  • @jacquelynsharp9354
    @jacquelynsharp9354 Год назад

    Jusy visit any tame dating sites and sample the mens tastes,its scary

  • @CL-tk7nl
    @CL-tk7nl 2 года назад

    The narrative was so monotone that makes people sleep, even if the story might be interesting