Queen Alexandra was a fashion icon, a deaf woman, a mother of six, a Danish princess who became Queen of England, and the subject of almost no serious academic research. Lucy Haigh is changing that.
A part-time PhD student at the University of Sheffield, Lucy is examining how Queen Alexandra was represented in the political press from 1863 to 1925, uncovering a woman who was far more politically engaged than history has given her credit for, and whose disabilities were concealed, then appropriated, without her consent.
In this episode, we talk about disability history, the limp that became a fashion trend, the letters Alexandra asked to be destroyed, how royal women are turned into caricatures, and why history is anything but useless. Keep learning, keep questioning.
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