Madame Nhu (born Tran Le Xuan) was a notorious personage in South Vietnam during the late 1950s and early ’60s. The surrogate First Lady of the repressive government (headed by her husband’s bachelor ...

ROME -- Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, the outspoken beauty who served as South Vietnam's unofficial first lady early on in the Vietnam War and earned the nickname "dragon lady" for her harsh criticism of ...

In A.D. 40 the legendary Trung sisters led a Vietnamese rebellion against the Chinese. They fought astride elephants and, upon victory, ruled as queens. Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, who died April 24 at 87, ...

FILE - This Aug. 1963 photo shows Tran Le Xuan, known as Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu in unknown location. Madame Nhu, the outspoken beauty who served as South Vietnam's unofficial first lady early on in the ...

She looked slightly siliconized, but otherwise the pneumatic twister on the cover of Ramparts magazine was unmistakably Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu. Why was Ramparts celebrating South Viet Nam’s Dragon Lady?