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Agnes Waters ran for president as many as four times in the 1940s and 1950s. (Different sources claim different numbers, though as far as I can tell she formally pursued the presidency in 1944, 1948, 1952 and 1956.) Each campaign looked roughly the same: Waters was hyper-nationalist and unapologetic in her racism and antisemitism. Some of her rhetoric feels uncomfortably similar to campaigns, candidates, and activists in the present. She called for the execution of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, and his Cabinet, and his supporters. She only wanted “real Americans” in positions of authority, not “Moscow Jews and Negroes.” In Life Magazine in 1942, she declared, "There are 100,000 Communist Jews at the Mexican border waiting to get into this country. […] They will rape every woman and child that is left unprotected.” In her campaigns, she dubbed herself a “Pistol-Packin’ Mama,” and she loudly embraced “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” the falsified 1903 antisemitic text that became the basis for still present-conspiracy theories.
Perhaps most distressing of all of this is the fact that she found an audience willing to listen.
And that audience included people in positions of authority.
Agnes Waters was born in New York City, New York in 1893. She moved to Washington, D.C> as a young woman, working for the government during World War I. She became a personal secretary to famed suffragette Alice Paul and joined the suffragist cause. She married a WWI veteran and had two daughters with him before his early death. Waters, a devout Catholic, never remarried. Waters supported herself and her family as a real-estate agent.
In the 1930s she became an ardent anticommunist. Initially she aligned with the Democratic Party, voting for Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. In 1936, though, she attended the Democratic National Convention and was rebuffed in her desire to implement an anticommunist platform. She turned sharply away from Roosevelt and from Democrats more broadly.
Whether her raging antisemitism set in before or after her disillusionment with the Democratic Party is unknown. Regardless, Waters became what could only be described as a raging antisemite.
After becoming disillusioned with the Democratic party, Waters became a raging antisemite. As previously mentioned, she adopted “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” as her own belief, and spoke about a “Jewish conspiracy for world domination” in earnest. She came to believe that Roosevelt was a disciple of Lenin and had surrounded himself with communist Jews who were inspired by the devil.
Waters found an audience for her antiemetic rhetoric in the nationalist movement known as the Mothers' Movement. The Mothers' Movement was a loose confederation of women’s clubs that formed a right-wing coalition of isolationist, anti-Semitic, “true American” mothers and women. Groups such as the National Legion of Mothers of America and the National Blue Star Mothers supported Waters and invited her to speak at their meetings and rallies.
Waters testified often before Congress and railed against any bill that she deemed communist. She touted herself as an "expert" on communism and had enough support from enough members of Congress to be taken seriously quite often. She was also often removed from Congress when her speeches became too much - they were usually chock full of conspiracies, profanity, and biblical references.
In 1939, Waters was instrumental in the defeat of the Wagner-Rogers Act, which would have provided haven for German Jewish children. Speaking about Jews, she yelled at different hearings, "The refugees have a heritage of hate […] they could never become loyal Americans," and "Just let the Jews come in and the pistol-packing mamas will take care of them. There will be nothing left of them."
In 1940, when Roosevelt ran for a third term as president, Waters called for his and his appointees' execution.
In 1944, Agnes Waters announced her presidential campaign. She promised that if elected, she would prohibit all immigration into the United States and arrest all communists and Jews. She also promised to kill all Black people in the country because, she said, they were traitors and communists. She believed the NAACP was controlled by Moscow and that Blacks were indoctrinated into communism by a branch of the University of Moscow in North Carolina. She promised to appoint only “real” Americans to her presidential Cabinet, not “incompetents and dirty Jews.” She also raged against China.
Waters was fully convinced she spoke for a majority of Americans. She repeatedly thought she would be chosen by both the Republicans and Democrats for their presidential nominations, and attempted to storm the floor of various national conventions. When she wasn’t, she ran write-in campaigns, or found small right-wing parties to run with. She found significant support from the Mothers' Movement, but she was never able to woo right-wing leaders to her cause. Her personality made her impossible to work with, and her message never had as wide traction as she assumed.
Waters died in 1963 at age 68.
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Perhaps most distressing of all of this is the fact that she found an audience willing to listen.
And that audience included people in positions of authority.
Agnes Waters was born in New York City, New York in 1893. She moved to Washington, D.C> as a young woman, working for the government during World War I. She became a personal secretary to famed suffragette Alice Paul and joined the suffragist cause. She married a WWI veteran and had two daughters with him before his early death. Waters, a devout Catholic, never remarried. Waters supported herself and her family as a real-estate agent.
In the 1930s she became an ardent anticommunist. Initially she aligned with the Democratic Party, voting for Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. In 1936, though, she attended the Democratic National Convention and was rebuffed in her desire to implement an anticommunist platform. She turned sharply away from Roosevelt and from Democrats more broadly.
Whether her raging antisemitism set in before or after her disillusionment with the Democratic Party is unknown. Regardless, Waters became what could only be described as a raging antisemite.
After becoming disillusioned with the Democratic party, Waters became a raging antisemite. As previously mentioned, she adopted “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” as her own belief, and spoke about a “Jewish conspiracy for world domination” in earnest. She came to believe that Roosevelt was a disciple of Lenin and had surrounded himself with communist Jews who were inspired by the devil.
Waters found an audience for her antiemetic rhetoric in the nationalist movement known as the Mothers' Movement. The Mothers' Movement was a loose confederation of women’s clubs that formed a right-wing coalition of isolationist, anti-Semitic, “true American” mothers and women. Groups such as the National Legion of Mothers of America and the National Blue Star Mothers supported Waters and invited her to speak at their meetings and rallies.
Waters testified often before Congress and railed against any bill that she deemed communist. She touted herself as an "expert" on communism and had enough support from enough members of Congress to be taken seriously quite often. She was also often removed from Congress when her speeches became too much - they were usually chock full of conspiracies, profanity, and biblical references.
In 1939, Waters was instrumental in the defeat of the Wagner-Rogers Act, which would have provided haven for German Jewish children. Speaking about Jews, she yelled at different hearings, "The refugees have a heritage of hate […] they could never become loyal Americans," and "Just let the Jews come in and the pistol-packing mamas will take care of them. There will be nothing left of them."
In 1940, when Roosevelt ran for a third term as president, Waters called for his and his appointees' execution.
In 1944, Agnes Waters announced her presidential campaign. She promised that if elected, she would prohibit all immigration into the United States and arrest all communists and Jews. She also promised to kill all Black people in the country because, she said, they were traitors and communists. She believed the NAACP was controlled by Moscow and that Blacks were indoctrinated into communism by a branch of the University of Moscow in North Carolina. She promised to appoint only “real” Americans to her presidential Cabinet, not “incompetents and dirty Jews.” She also raged against China.
Waters was fully convinced she spoke for a majority of Americans. She repeatedly thought she would be chosen by both the Republicans and Democrats for their presidential nominations, and attempted to storm the floor of various national conventions. When she wasn’t, she ran write-in campaigns, or found small right-wing parties to run with. She found significant support from the Mothers' Movement, but she was never able to woo right-wing leaders to her cause. Her personality made her impossible to work with, and her message never had as wide traction as she assumed.
Waters died in 1963 at age 68.
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Agnes Monica Muljoto, known professionally as Agnez Mo (stylized as all caps), is an Indonesian singer, songwriter, music producer, actress, dancer, model, and businesswoman. She was professionally known as Agnes Monica before amending her new stage name. As a bilingual singer who records in Indonesian and English, she is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility throughout her careers.
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Agnes is a minor character in the Wes Anderson animated film, Fantastic Mr. Fox. She is a quiet young fox and is the love interest of Kristofferson, the title character’s nephew.
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Agnes is the title character in the 1979 play (and subsequent 1985 film) Agnes of God. Sister Agnes, a nun, is at the center of a court case and mystery as a psychiatrist and the mother superior attempt to figure out whether Agnes’s claims of virginal conception are true, and whether or not she knowingly caused the death of her newborn.
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Agnes from WandaVision.
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Agnes Matzerath was Oskar's mother in The Tin Drum.
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Agnes Montague is a somewhat important character in the horror podcast The Magnus Archives. She's an avatar of The Desolation and the messiah of The Cult of the Lightless Flame.
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Agnes Obel is a Danish singer and musician.
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Agnes is the youngest one of the adopted daughters of Gru in the 'Despicable Me" movie franchise.
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"Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch" is a 1990 novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
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One of my favorite choreographers is Agnes De Mille.
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My name is Agnes!
You know it’s Agnes!
It’s means lamb!
Lamb of god!
-Agnes Skinner, The Simpsons.
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You know it’s Agnes!
It’s means lamb!
Lamb of god!
-Agnes Skinner, The Simpsons.
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Agnes is the name of a song by The Glass Animals.
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Agnes Stock is a Norwegian singer.
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Agnes Muljadi is an Indonesian-American ballerina, actress, celebrity blogger, and photographer. Agnes Muljadi was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. Muljadi began her career as a ballet dancer and received her professional training in Indonesia, England and America on full scholarship. Following the completion of her training, Muljadi went on to dance with different troupes in the Pacific Northwest.
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Agnes Meiling Kaneko Chan is a pop singer, a "foreign television personality", a Doctor of Education, a professor at Japanese universities, an essayist, and a novelist. Since 1988, Chan has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and also supports the Japan Committee for UNICEF.
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Agnes Lum is an American gravure idol, singer, actress, and bikini model popular in Japan in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At that time, she was nicknamed "Lum-chan" in Japan, though now that nickname can be confused with that of the fictional character Lum Invader from Urusei Yatsura. Lum was the inspiration for the name of this character as she was well-known at the time the manga was first released (1977). In order to avoid confusion with Agnes Chan, another popular idol at the time, "Lum-chan" was used, though many fans called both "Agnes". Lum has appeared in numerous calendars, on posters, and magazine spreads, and these items regularly fetch high prices in the collectors market.
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This name was used on a hurricane which flooded eastern Pennsylvania in June 1972. Official damage estimates were about $3 billion, although recently the damage was estimated at $2.3 billion. This made Agnes the costliest hurricane at the time, surpassing Betsy of 1965, although it was later surpassed by other hurricanes.
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Agnes (1281-1364) was the daughter of King Albert I of Germany and his wife Elisabeth.
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Agnes (1318-?) was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and his wife Beatrix.
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Agnes (1345-1352) was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and his wife Margarete.
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Agnes (1606-1607) was the daughter of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg and his wife Anna.
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Agnes (1181-1184) was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) and his wife Beatrix.
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Agnes (1379-1401) was the daughter of King Rupert of Germany and his wife Elisabeth.
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Agnes (1257-1322) was the daughter of German King Rudolf I and his wife Gertrud of Hohenburg. She later married the Duke of Saxony.
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Agnes (1237-1237) was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich II and his wife Isabella.
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Agnes of France (1171-1204), daughter of King Louis VII of France and his third wife Adele of Champagne. She was later the Byzantine Empress.
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Agnes of France (1207-1207) was the daughter of King Louis VIII of France and Blanka of Castile. She died as a baby.
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Agnes of France (1260-1327) was the youngest daughter of King Louis IX of France and his wife Margaret. She married the Duke of Burgundy.
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Agnes of France (1345-1350) was the daughter of King John II of France and his wife Bonne.
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Agnes of Germany (1072-1143), daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife Bertha.
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Agnes Crandall, heroine of Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer. This book is a romantic suspense novel and it is awesome! I really like this name especially after reading Agnes and the Hitman. I think the name is spunky, cute, fresh, feminine and not too girly. I like it!
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Agnes Lark (b. May 2011 in New York City) is the daughter of American actress Jennifer Connelly and her husband Paul Bettany. Agnes has an older brother named Stellan.
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In "Despicable Me" the youngest sister's name is Agnes. She is so precious and basically the best part of the movie. Good movie.
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No one has mentioned theater choreographer Agnes de Mille, who revolutionized the use of choreography in musicals with Oklahoma.
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Singer Maite Kelly and Florent Michel Raimond have a daughter Agnes Raimond, born 30th June 2006.
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Agyness Deyn, English model. Pronounced like Agnes. Birth name: Laura Hollins.
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Patient in the Janus Thickey ward for permanent spell damage at St. Mungo's Hospital. Agnes' entire head is covered with fur and she barks instead of speaking. The Healer told her that her son would soon visit and had sent her several Christmas gifts.
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A variant spelling is Agyness, as in Agyness Deyn, the supermodel.
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Famous bearers include Agnes Baden-Powell, founder of the Girl Guides or Girl Scouts, and dancer and choreographer Agnes de Mille. It was also the name of David Copperfield's lovely childhood friend and later, his wife, in Dickens' novel of the same name.
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In The Simpsons, Principal Skinner's mother is called Agnes.
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In Tracey Chevalier's novel Girl With a Pearl Earring there was a character called Agnes. She was the sister of Griet.
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Agnes Ayres, co-star (with Rudolph Valentino) in THE SHIEK.
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Agnes Martin (b. 1912) is a Canadian minimalist painter.
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Agnes Carlsson is a Swedish popstar.
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Thom Yorke of Radiohead named his daughter (born in 2004) Agnes.
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Agnes is a lead character in Wilkie Collins' "The Haunted Hotel". Throughout the story she is praised for her beauty, innocence, and generosity. For some reason, reading that book, the name has left a rather sour impression with me.
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Agnes was also a character in Charles Dickens' classic "David Copperfield." She was virtuous and kind woman who loved David her whole life and eventually marries him. I associate the name with her character and love it.
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Agnes is a wonderful, wonderful name with a rich literary history! In addition to Anne Brontë's use of the name in "Agnes Grey," Victor Hugo also chose Agnes to be the birth name of the lovely La Esmeralda in his classic book, "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame." More recently, Annie Proulx chose the name Agnes for Quoyle's great aunt in her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "The Shipping News."
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I'm doing a book report on The Great Gilly Hopkins, Gilly's real name is Galadriel, but anyway. There is a character named Agnes Stokes, and I felt like putting this on.
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One book by Anne Bronte is 'Agnes Gray'.
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Agnes (aka the Wise Wife of Keith) was an elderly woman who was well respected for her work as a healer and midwife in her community. When fist accused of witchcraft, she firmly denied it, even when brought before the king, until eventually making a confession after much brutal torture.
She was strangled and burnt at the stake for the crime of witchcraft on the 28th of January, 1591.