Red Heads…. Other Interesting Facts and People By Ginger Malone

Queen Elizabeth I of England was a redhead, and during the Elizabethan era in England, red hair was fashionable. This was also the case during the rule of redhead Oliver Cromwell.
The famous children's book character Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump in Swedish) by Astrid Lindgren had bright red hair which she wore in pigtails that stuck out to the sides. Little Orphan Annie and Anne of Green Gables are also depicted with red hair.
In several Muslim countries such as Iran and Pakistan, henna is used on greying hair to give it a bright red appearance.
It is often the case that ginger hair can darken considerably as people get older, becoming a more brownish color, and if not, it may at least lose some of its vividness. This phenomenon leads some to associate red hair with youthfulness, a quality that is generally considered to be desirable.
This "gingerphobia"[ has been satirised on a number of TV shows. The British comedienne Catherine Tate appeared in a running sketch in an episode of The Catherine Tate Show in which she was forced to seek solace in a refuge for ginger people; the pejorative use of the word "ginger", and related discrimination, was used to illustrate a point about racism and prejudice in the "Ginger Kids" episode of South Park; and the British comedy Bo' Selecta! featured a spoof documentary which involved a caricature of red-haired Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall presenting a show in which celebrities (played by themselves) dyed their hair ginger for a day and went about daily life being insulted by people.
Go figure….In Australia, red haired people are often given the ironic nickname "Blue".
The Sherlock Holmes story "The Red-Headed League" (1891) was a favourite of its author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and included a sub-plot revolving around a pseudo-society restricted to redheads.
According to English legend, King Arthur had long red hair. Many Arthurian myths end with the promise of his return in Britain's hour of need. Important British figures like Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Winston Churchill, both redheads, are said to be the fulfillment of this legend.
In Pop Culture, the famous red heads include:
Nicole Kidman http://www.redheadedtrip.com/nicole.html,
Lucille Ball http://www.redheadedtrip.com/lucille.html ,
Julianne Moore http://www.redheadedtrip.com/julianne.html,
Lindsay Lohan http://www.redheadedtrip.com/lohan.html,
Jane Seymour http://www.redheadedtrip.com/seymour.html,
Rita Hayworth http://www.redheadedtrip.com/rita.html,
Marcia Cross http://www.redheadedtrip.com/Marcia.html,
Katherine Hepburn http://www.redheadedtrip.com/ann.html,
Ann-Margarethttp://www.redheadedtrip.com/ann.html.

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