Vashti, of course, was the erstwhile queen of Persia, according to the Bible’s Book of Esther. She was deposed and banned by King Ahasuerus, and then replaced by the story’s eponymous heroine ...

She remembers no one wanting to be Queen Vashti in the Purim plays when she was growing up. “But today, I really try to encourage the girls I’m teaching to embrace her as a hero. She’s busy ...

However, it’s not so simple for Queen Esther. Approaching the king without summons is punishable by death, and after the cautionary tale of Queen Vashti, Esther is more than hesitant to come ...

How do I love Vashti? Let me count the ways. In case you aren’t familiar with this woman of the Bible, Vashti makes only a brief appearance at the beginning of the Book of Esther, in which we ...

Vashti’s stand comes at a steep price. She keeps her integrity but loses her crown. The suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, writing in The Woman’s Bible, which was published in 1895, said that ...

"Queen Vashti Deposed" by Ernest Normand, 1890. Image courtesy of Wikimedia/Creative Commons . Avi Shafran. March 6 ... Go back to the Bible. (RNS) — Iran deserves a new leader.

Meet modern-day women named for Vashti, the Purim queen: an Olympian, a singer, children's book authors and the founder of the Colored Girls Museum.

Some background: Vashti is the only female name in the Bible that begins with the letter V. She was queen of Persia and wife to King Ahasuerus. One day, during a banquet, Ahasuerus threw back one ...