Hamilton: Was Hamilton's Mother a Whore or is This Just Misogynistic?, Effed Up History XIX

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Today is part one of a new multi-part series about the women in Alexander Hamilton's life and challenging their depiction in the musical by Lin Manuel Miranda. Part one discusses Alexander Hamilton's mother "The Whore" Rachel Faucette Lavien. Was she really a whore or was she a victim? Let's talk about it.

Sources:
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/hamilton-historians-book-criticism-8496541/
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2031/henry-iv-of-france--the-edict-of-nantes/
Ron Chernow's Book Alexander Hamilton
https://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/default.xqy?keys=ARHN-info-search

HikoNico Notebook Videos mentioned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT3kk2SSoD0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG6dn8rexnU&t=1643s

Music:
Selected excerpts from Hamilton used under fair use doctrine which allows use of copyrighted material for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.

Medieval Loop One and Celebration by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com

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