Susan Griffin, a poet, essayist, filmmaker, feminist and ecologist respectfully account the history of some women who were the "celebrities" of time. Were transgressive, they created fashion trends were the focus of gossip and the richest and most powerful men in the world did their best to win her favors. Admired by some and reviled by others, at a time when women were not masters of their own lives, managed to economic independence and influence in the highest social and political circles.
What made these women great and stood out from the rest of those engaged in the business of sex were the following virtues:
The sense of opportunity
Beauty
gall
Bright
Joy (or joie de vivre)
Gracia
House
