Queens Who Ruled in Their Own Right

Wu Zetian, Hatshepsut, Catherine the Great, Elizabeth I, Victoria, Margaret of Denmark, queens regnant faced the paradox of power in patriarchal systems, ruling through it, over it, or despite it.

Research suggests queens regnant historically waged more wars, not fewer, than kings, they had more to prove.

Their reigns consistently expanded the boundaries of what women could hold..