Goddess

And that’s another edition of RP Theatre (click here for more)! Since I have a bunch of new readers, thought I’d do a short comic to re-introduce some of the people I’ve already covered. We have:

Zenobia, 3rd century rebel Syrian queen who conquered a bunch of Roman territories and made a short-lived empire.

Stephanie St. Clair, a Harlem mob boss who actually bought newspaper ads to taunt her foes

Lyudmila Pavlichenko, deadliest female sniper in history

Julie d’Aubigny, sword-slinging, opera-singing rock star who burnt down a convent to bang a nun

Manuela Saenz, Latin American revolutionary who harvested moustaches from her enemies.

Alice Coote

“St. Louis, Mo., Dec 14.– Ruling that male attire was not unbecoming to Mrs. Mary Bertha Schmidt, alias ‘Mister Schmidt,’ judge Hogan, in police court here, refused to fine the young woman who for two years posed as a man and who ‘married’ her cousin, Anna Assade, last October.  ‘I think you look very nice,’ said the court. Mrs. Schmidt was clad in her neatly pressed trousers and pinchback coat. She explained she had adopted the garments because she could earn $80 a month as a man and $6 a week as a woman.  ‘If a woman can earn $4 a day by reason of wearing trousers, I say wear ‘em,’ said the court, and ‘Mister Schmidt’ walked out of court with a smile on ‘his’ face.”

Achilles among the Daughters of Lycomedes

Pietro Paolini (1603 - 1681)