Valerie Solanas

Valerie Solanas was an American feminist who attempted to kill Andy Warhol. She is a guest starring character in American Horror Story portrayed by actress Lena Dunham. Being the first female cult leader, she commanded a legion of females, codenamed "SCUM".

On June 2, 1968, Valerie had a discussion with Andy Warhol, who rejected her film script and retorted that as a woman, she shouldn't be expected to be a great artist. The morning after, she prostituted herself to buy bullets for her gun. Valerie then went to his studio and his employees told her that he was gone for the week. However, after meeting him in the elevator, she followed him back to his office and shot him in the stomach. The authorities later hospitalized her in an asylum for the criminally insane in New York. While in her cell, she organized the murdering of various men and their female partners. The credit of the SCUM attacks, however, were taken by a man calling himself the Zodiac Killer. The thought of a man taking credit for her SCUM killings caused Valerie to go crazy and led to her followers to lose faith in her teachings and abandon her. All alone, she contracted pneumonia and began to hallucinate Andy Warhol, who mocked her for her appearance and false legacy.