Madame Nhu

1924-2011

De facto first lady of South Vietnam in the build-up to the unpleasantness. She earned the nickname “Dragon Lady” for her harsh criticism of protesting Buddhist monks and communist sympathizers.

Real name: Trần Lệ Xuân (spelled exactly the way it sounds.)

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Contemporaries:

Betty Grable 1916-1973
Sirimavo Bandaranaike 1916-2000
Indira Gandhi 1917-1984
Esther Brown 1917-1970
Eva Peron 1919-1952
Rosalind Franklin 1920-1958
Madame Nhu 1924-2011
Lauren Bacall 1924-2014
Margaret Thatcher 1925-2013
Marilyn Monroe 1926-1962
Harper Lee 1926-2016
Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022
Rosalynn Carter 1927-2023
Grace Kelly 1929-1982
Audrey Hepburn 1929-1993
Jacqueline Kennedy 1929-1994
Sandra Day O'Connor 1930-2023
Sylvia Plath 1932-1963
Elizabeth Taylor 1932-2011
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933-2020