The 74 Historical Figures You Would Most Like To Be
This giveaway is sponsored by The Chance You Won’t Return by Annie Cardi.
When your mom thinks she’s Amelia Earhart, navigating high school, first love, and family secrets is like flying solo without a map.
Driver’s ed and a first crush should be what Alex Winchester is stressed out about in high school – and she is. But what’s really on her mind is her mother. Why is she dressing in Dad’s baggy khaki pants with a silk scarf around her neck? What is she planning when she pores over maps in the middle of the night? When did she stop being Mom and start being Amelia Earhart? Alex tries to keep her budding love life apart from the growing disaster at home as her mother sinks further into her delusions. But there are those nights, when everyone else is asleep, when it’s easier to confide in Amelia than it ever was to Mom. Now, as Amelia’s flight plans become more intense, Alex is increasingly worried that Amelia is planning her final flight – the flight from which she never returns. What could possibly be driving Mom’s delusions, and how far will they take her?
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For this giveaway, we asked you to tell us which historical figure you could imagine yourself being. Your answers ranged from painters to politicians, from Joan of Arc to Jesus. Just like Alex’s mom, there were several people could see themselves as Amelia Earhart. The top three responses were, much like Amelia, women who refused to live in anyone’s shadow: Eleanor Roosevelt, Susan B. Anthony, and Queen Elizabeth I.
The rest of the responses ran the gamut from historical figures with worldwide recognition to individuals who are no less important, but whose influence was felt in a much smaller area or only known to a select group. A few could even be called infamous. Take a look at how the list rounds out:
Betsy Ross
Clara Barton
Katharine Hepburn
Cleopatra
Joe Paterno
Margaret Thatcher
C.S. Lewis
Hedy Lamarr
Franklin Roosevelt
Catherine the Great
Martha Washington
Juliette Lewis
Malcolm X
William Shakespeare
John F. Kennedy
Gertrude Stein
Margaret Mead
Susan Sontag
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Albert Einstein
Fightin’ Bob LaFollette
Abraham Lincoln
Nelson Mandela
Jane Austen
Michelangelo
Madame CJ Walker
Mahatma Ghandhi
Rosalind Franklin
Nellie Bly
Madeleine Albright
Sally Ride
John Steinbeck
Neil Armstrong
Marie Curie
Chief Justice John Marshall
Cesar Chavez
Mary Shelly
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Jackie Kennedy
Jane Goodall
William Faulkner
The Virgin Mary
Georgia O’Keefe
General Douglas MacArthur
Emily Bronte
Berthe Fraser
Anne Frank
Maria Montessori
Nicola Tesla
Pope John Paul
Louisa May Alcott
Dorothea Lange
George Washington
Marie Antoniette
Coco Chanel
Doreatha Dix
Annie Sullivan
Abigail Adams
Irena Sendler
Anne Bonney
Annie Oakley
Vlad the Impaler
Anne Boleyn
Dorothy Parker
Margery Kempe
Hatshepsut
Empress Theodora
Elizabeth Woodville
Ten randomly chosen winners were chosen and will receive a copy of The Chance You Won’t Return by Annie Cardi. Winners will be notified via email.
