![]() ![]() ![]() The survey found her to be the most popular of all living royals, with women generally holding the royals in greater esteem than men do. A Febuary 2022 poll found that more than 60% of American women held a favorable opinion of Elizabeth. ![]() It may be of a less showy variety than the attention lavished on other, potentially more glamorous female members of the royal family, such as Princess Diana or the Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex. For both women, whom I learned of while researching the monarchy and gender, the coronation provided an unprecedented opportunity to be part of a momentous occasion in which a woman was at the center of the story.įor almost 70 years, there has been a long-standing affection for Elizabeth from across the Atlantic, especially among women. Among those making the journey were Peggy Webber, who traveled all the way from Iowa, and Geneva Valentine from Washington, D.C. The impetus for the trip was Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, held in Westminster Abbey on a rainy June 2 of that year. In the spring of 1953, women from across the United States traveled to Britain – for many, it was their first time abroad. ![]()
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