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Bluenorthwest

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5. And yet her quakery was a big part of what she got mocked for, and that is the subject of your

Reply to HuckleB (Reply #4)

Mon May 2, 2016, 12:23 PM

May 2016

OP. She was criticized for selling alcohol under the guise of a stern visage, not for simply having such a visage. Her image was used to promote the product as 'medicine' when it was nothing but liquor. So claiming she got 'trolled' for being a woman is not really honest, she was doing things you yourself usually find to be highly objectionable. She deserved to be ridiculed.

The folk song 'The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham' aka 'Lily the Pink' is pretty well know, a cleaned up version hit #1 in the UK in 1968

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The First Woman To Put Her Face On Packaging Got Trolled Like Crazy [View all] HuckleB May 2016 OP

Allow me to savor your post about... herb medicine! ;-) villager May 2016 #1

Well, then. HuckleB May 2016 #2

it's about thyme! imaginary girl May 2016 #10

Ironic subject matter for you, as Pinkham sold snake oil that was 40 proof Alcohol based Bluenorthwest May 2016 #3

Quackery was widespread at the time, so I ignored that concern. HuckleB May 2016 #4

And yet her quakery was a big part of what she got mocked for, and that is the subject of your Bluenorthwest May 2016 #5

And, if she had been a man, you think it would have been the same? HuckleB May 2016 #6

You're trying to put modern day mores on a 19th century woman. procon May 2016 #11

Men feel threatened by strong, successful women. procon May 2016 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Marr May 2016 #8

lmao, a perfect example for you to cite. Marr May 2016 #9

Isn't that a perfect description of a successful entrepreneur? procon May 2016 #12

No, that's called a con artist. But really-- Marr May 2016 #13

Playing at loggerheads, you have the clear advantage. nt procon May 2016 #14