Women Rulers Throughout the Ages

More than 500 biographies of queens, empresses, prime ministers, presidents, regent rulers, de facto rulers, constitutional monarchs and other women who have taken the reins of a nation's - or empire's - destiny in their hands, are presented here.Entries are arranged alphabetically with geographical divisions and a chronologically arranged geographic index. Many hitherto little-known rulers from around the world and down the centuries are here brought under the spotlight.