I know everybody’s losing their mind over the possibility of a female Burr and I am too but can we please stop for a second and imagine a lady Washington
the intro of “Right Hand Man” and the “here comes the general”/”RISE UP” repetition giving way to A BADASS WOMAN TURNING AROUND. SWORD IN HAND. “WE ARE OUTGUNNED! OUTMANNED!” the cannons! the sheer visual of seeing that kind of pure intense MILITARY RESPECT directed at a woman! when have we ever seen this onstage?
all of “Meet Me Inside” with a woman as Washington – the sort of narrative justice of seeing Hamilton’s mom die in the opening and then “Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive” coming from a father figure played by a woman – the textual layers, my friends….
honestly, everything about it – “young man, I’m from Virginia, so watch your mouth,” “winning was easy, young man, governing’s harder,” literally everything. I love this. where is the prospective Lady George Washington art. where is the meta on this. why aren’t we talking about this
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Guild reenact tea party in period costumes. Printed on front: “Centennial, Lady Washington Tea Party, Detroit Opera House, April 19th 1875. Bigelow, Detroit.” Handwritten on back: “L. to R.: Mrs. L.H. Batter, Mrs. Charles Lathrop, Mrs. Angela (wife of President Augill), M. Fred Sibley, Ms. Davenport (aunt of Wm. L. Russel), Mrs. P.J.N. Lathrop, Mrs. W.J. Chittenden.”
Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
