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WHAT MISTRESS OF THE MONTH ATTRACTED YOU TO THIS BLOG?

I know that the more hits a subject or post gets, the higher up in the ranking, and sometimes that just isn't fair because I spend a lot of time researching for newer subjects and posts too.

I wonder.  WHICH MISTRESS ATTRACTED YOU TO THIS BLOG?

Missy

PEGGY HOPKINS JOYCE : THE GOLD DIGGER AS A COMIC FIGURE

PEGGY HOPKINS JOYCE : THE GOLD DIGGER AS A COMIC FIGURE

First posted April 6 2010

Excerpt Page 84 :

"Though the gold digger is a comic, not a tragic figure, she is not totally uncomplicated. While men adored these creatures, they were also made slightly uneasy by them. It was appealing to have a glamorous plaything whose favors could be bought for no more than the price of a fashionable apartment, a generous allowance, and a regular supply of steak dinners and expensive jewelry. But in making such a hard-nosed exchange, these women exhibited not only a deep cynicism but also a degree of power, which is one reason men felt a certain anxiety in their presence. Men were also made uncomfortable by females who so flagrantly flouted the social rules designed to keep people in their places. Unlike the courtesans of Europe, who occupied an established an respected niche, the American gold digger was a renegade; there was nothing subtle, or admirable, about her methods - or her goals."

May 2021 

I've been thinking about the term GOLD DIGGER.  This month, May 2021, I featured Anna Bey.  Go to that month and see what she has to say about the term GOLD DIGGER.

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PEGGY HOPKINS JOYCE : SPENDTHRIFTY GOLD DIGGER : MISTRESS OF THE MONTH

PEGGY HOPKINS JOYCE : SPENDTHRIFTY GOLD DIGGER : MISTRESS OF THE MONTH

EMMA MARGUERITE "PEGGY" UPTON

First posted on April 5th 2010

PEGGY was THE MOST PUBLICIZED MISTRESS - COURTESAN OF THE 1920's and 1030's. She was introduced to Florenz Ziegfeld, who owned the famous showgirl venue New Amsterdam Theatre, by a dressmaker to fashionable ladies, Madame Frances, and her career began. She was a heartbreaker and international celebrity, perhaps the first famous to be famous woman of the 20th century. She was known for her spendthrifty ways as well as a steamy sex life. Was Peggy ruthless and sociopathic? Or did she simply decide at a young age that she would do well, beyond her childhood as the daughter of a Norfolk barber?

She had three multimillionaire husbands. And a great number of generous patrons. She came to own one of the largest blue diamonds known to the world in her time.

 
I'll be quoting from the book GOLD DIGGER by Constance Rosenblum, on this blog. The link to the New York Times book review is at the title above.

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