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Philippa Duke Schuyler

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Musician

The Resume

    (August 2, 1931-May 9, 1967)
    Also known as Felipa Monterro
    Composer of 'Manhattan Nocturne'
    Wrote novel 'Appassionata'
    Killed in a helicopter crash in the Vietnam War while attempting to rescue Catholic school children from a war zone

Why she might be annoying:

    She was basically a racial breeding experiment to her parents, especially her mother.
    Her mother was the granddaughter of slave owners.
    Her mother fed her only raw foods.
    Her mother was controlling, abusive and quite loony.
    She was ashamed of her African-American heritage.
    While touring Europe, she passed herself off as Spanish.
    She was a member of the John Birch Society.
    Her views on politics and race were contradictory.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She had an IQ of 185.
    She learned to read and write at age two.
    She created and arranged hundreds of musical compositions.
    She suffered physical abuse at the hands of her crazy mother.
    As a child, she wasn't allowed to have friends her own age.
    At the New York World's Fair, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia declared June 19, 1940, 'Philippa Duke Schuyler Day.'
    She was fluent in French, German, Italian and Spanish.
    She wrote several novels, including one based on her own life.
    She died just as she was beginning to find her true place in the world.

Credit: Xer


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 16 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 149 Votes: 57.05% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 62 Votes: 62.90% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 29 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 31 Votes: 61.29% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 46 Votes: 54.35% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 51 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 49 Votes: 51.02% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 136 Votes: 55.15% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 134 Votes: 47.01% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 156 Votes: 46.15% Annoying