{"id":96596,"date":"2026-03-08T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=96596"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:28:13","slug":"for-international-womens-day-ladies-i-love-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=96596","title":{"rendered":"For International Women’s Day: Ladies I Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

I post edited versions of this every year. I add names. I take names off sometimes, not because I now dislike the person but just because I feel like it. I enjoy compiling it but it’s not just about enjoyment. As women’s rights are seemingly up for grabs, like our right to control what happens with our own bodies, or our ability to vote even if we’ve married and changed our names, as we look at the sexist pigs and ghoulish oligarchs in power, as I think of my nieces – children – growing up with these men in office, these men voted in as leaders and what that tells them – is<\/em> telling them – about how their society values them, how their society “values” their health and well-being and possibilites, about how they will be seen, and also tells them what they have to “look forward to” as grownup women … putting together this list is not an abstract context-free exercise. Growing up into an adult woman should not be something to fear. <\/p>\n

These women inspire, entertain, challenge, comfort, provoke, or were “there” in my formative years as an inspiration. Holly from Land of the Lost<\/em> is in the same list as Hannah Arendt. lol If you don’t like my list, make your own. The more the merrier. <\/p>\n

The list is huge, I’m warning you. Below the jump.<\/p>\n

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\nGloria Swanson<\/p>\n

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\nRenee Falconetti<\/p>\n

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\nTilda Swinton<\/p>\n

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\nGena Rowlands<\/p>\n

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\nPam Grier<\/p>\n

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\nJean Seberg<\/p>\n

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\nBibi Andersson<\/p>\n

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\nThelma Todd<\/p>\n

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\nMarlene Dietrich<\/p>\n

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\nLorrie Moore<\/p>\n

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\nRoberta Flack<\/p>\n

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\nEllen Willis<\/p>\n

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\nSuzi Quatro<\/p>\n

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\nElizabeth Taylor<\/p>\n

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\nEva Le Gallienne<\/p>\n

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\nEdith Wharton<\/p>\n

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\nPhyllis Hyman<\/p>\n

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\nCarole Eastman<\/p>\n

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