I haven't yet indulged my Elizabeth I obsession on this blog, but she was sooooo my kind of person. Check out this page of Elizabeth I quotations, including two of my faves:
If I were turned out of my realm in my petticoat, I would prosper anywhere in Christendom.
Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.
How much would I love to have dinner with her. We would talk books and religion and politics, ogle some handsome young men, and maybe dance a lively dance of some sort.
I love Elizabeth I too, and thank you for the page of quotes.
Posted by: Shawna R. B. Atteberry | August 30, 2006 at 12:01 PM
I'm a fan, too. I rather like these two;
"There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue."
Wish I had the nerve to say such things!
"I will make you shorter by the head."
Ouch!
Posted by: David Duff | August 30, 2006 at 01:05 PM
Yeah, well, Elizabeth was a product of her rather barbarous time. But the point is SHE damn well never held her tongue when she didn't want to. So she was a feminist for herself only -- and she kicked some major ass on that score.
Posted by: The Happy Feminist | August 30, 2006 at 01:38 PM
Have you seen the BBC miniseries on Elizabeth? The one w/ the amazing Glenda Jackson playing the queen?
Last I heard, Glenda Jackson had been so transformed by her taking on the role of Elizabeth (and the research she did for the part), that she ran and subsequently won a seat in parliament.
Pretty inspiring.
Posted by: Hypatia's Father | August 30, 2006 at 08:28 PM
She certainly hired well. Sir Francis Drake was perhaps the single best privateer of the age. Some feel it is no exaggeration to say that the cash he added to Elizabeth's coffers was a discernible factor in the eventual financing of the early Industrial era. I often wonder how things would have turned out if Drake had sailed past San Francisco Bay at the right time of year.
Posted by: Douglas, Friend of Osho | September 01, 2006 at 03:08 PM