January 2009 - Scandalous Women in Presidential History

January 2009 brings a new administration to our nation's capitol. To celebrate, Scandalous Women will be bringing you all the women who...

Happy Holidays at Scandalous Women

Happy Holidays everyone! I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the December Giveaway is: Jennac618! Jenna please email me at scan...

Scandalous Movie Review: Queen Christina

Queen Christina is a 1933 film directed by Rouben Mamoulian. The film was written by Viertel LeVino and Margaret "Peg" LeVino, wi...

Grand Duchess Ella - Christina Croft

Scandalous Women is pleased to welcome Christina Croft's guest blog on Grand Duchess Elizabeth (Ella) as our 100th post! It might seem s...

Guest Blogger: Christina Croft

I'm delighted to announce that tomorrow, Scandalous Women welcomes it's first guest blogger, biographer and novelist, Christina Crof...

The Marvelous Mitford Sisters

Jessica, Nancy, Diana, Unity and Pamela Mitford in 1935. Although they are not that well known in America, if you ask an English person of ...

Scandalous Movie Review: The Story of Adele H.

The Story of Adele H . is a 1975 film in English and French directed by legendary filmaker Francois Truffaut which tells the story of the re...

And the Winner Is......

The winner of November's Giveaway, a bottle of Ralph Lauren's new perfume Notorious is: Marie Antoinette! Marie, please email me at ...

Cora Pearl - English Beauty of the Second Empire

Cora Pearl in a dress by Charles Worth In the glamorous, and brittle world of the Second Empire, no one glittered more among the demi-monde...

Scandalous Movie Review: Mary, Queen of Scots

(1971) Starring Vanessa Redgrave (Mary, Queen of Scots), Glenda Jackson (Elizabeth I), Nigel Davenport (Bothwell), Timothy Dalton (Henry, ...

Scandalous Book Review: In the Shadow of the Lion

I recently received a copy of Ginger Garrett's new book In the Shadow of the Lion . I was a little trepidatious at first, I don't n...

Grace Kelly - America's Princess

She was the beautiful movie star loved by millions who gave up her career to become a Princess in the Wedding of the Century (until Lady Dia...