The Tragic Life Of May De Sousa | Forgotten Star Of The 1900s

[@victoria5043]

Beautifully told.❤

[@ajabrams]

How terribly sad! What a beautiful woman she was!!

[@ruthgoldsmith6647]

Thank you🌷

[@maryjomagar7154]

I always enjoy your artistic, in-depth biography videos, thank you for this effort.

[@indiascarlett]

Thank you!

[@DamaNovus]

is that gymnopedie i hear in the background?? fantastic work, you go so in depth on these lives once lived that could otherwise be forgotten, always a pleasure to see a video of yours in the subscriptions

[@indiascarlett]

Thank you so much! Yes it's gymnopedie, I love that piece and it makes great background music!

[@katherinealvarez9216]

Died at 66. I know things have changed since then but we really do need to have better support systems for older people.

[@indiascarlett]

yes, that's what I thought while making this.

[@muffassa6739]

😊great video, but back in the olden days they had wigs ,makeup 💄 corsets my Grandmother told me 😊

[@ajaxbac]

How beautiful all those women were without the fake lashes, fake nails, sticky glossy lips, the young women today think are beautiful.

[@tundrawomansays694]

If these accoutrements had been available then woman would have used them. In fact, they did use a not inconsiderable amount of makeup at the time.

[@josepinheiro6064]

Makeup and paint make you what you ain't.

[@annresnik6059]

I believe May de Sousa, like Evelyn Nesbit, was another paramour of Stanford White (see the book "Stanny" from 1989). But I don't blame the girls. She was probably somewhat impoverished, and he had money.

[@indiascarlett]

I'm reading that book right now, it's very interesting, i hadn't read about May. I don't blame the girls either, it's sad that this kind of thing still happens today.

[@tundrawomansays694]

Stanford was about as bipolar as one can be and still be walking out on the street. His architecture was fabulous as were his….”appetites.” Who did Stanford *not* bed?!

[@catholiccrusader5328]

How about that! May was from here, Chicago, and used to belong to my parish of Holy Name! I'm honored.

[@colleenbrown3366]

It amazes me how the meeting and interaction of this one man destroyed her life. She seemed to be doing well for herself until him.

[@Tyler-f5j7q]

Hi - I tried to post this comment earlier, but I think it was sequestered by KZbin because I embedded links to a podcast episode about Miss De Sousa. Over the last year I’ve conducted extensive research into May De Sousa’s life. Would it be possible to inquire about a few of your sources? Your video contains several pictures of May that I've never seen (some of which appear to have come from ‘The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News’, which can be tricky to find in digital format). I can post the time indexes of the pictures in the comments. Excellent work, btw.

[@indiascarlett]

Apologies for the late reply I've only just seen this comment. My sources were all online newspaper archives. I used the british newspaper archive, which has many extensive articles on May, and the California digital newspaper collection as well as New York state historic newspapers. Good luck with your research!

[@KawaiiStars]

is there enough on anna held to do a vid on her too? i really love her photos

[@indiascarlett]

I might do one on Anna! I love her photos!

[@KawaiiStars]

@@indiascarlett yay!! fingers crossed, i love hearing about these historical events and these vids are great,

[@catholiccrusader5328]

Poor May died across the street from where I now live.

[@MG-vs1lq]

Raymond Grant was not married to May. The May de Sousa he married was a cousin on her dad's side who happened to have the same name.

[@indiascarlett]

Really? Are you are relative? Maybe the papers got it wrong, as some of them even used May's photo and referred to her as an actress.