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Showing posts with label women and political power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women and political power. Show all posts
Thursday, September 3, 2026

The Indomitable Gloria Steinem

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Gloria Steinem, "I Feel Proud, and I Feel Mad as Hell" (died 2 September 2026) I woke this morning to the news that Gloria Steinem...
Sunday, August 9, 2026

Waldrada: Wife, Not Wife? Queen, Not Queen?

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 Waldrada (death of Lothair II, 9 August 869) In 855, the king of Lotharingia, Lothair II, and a woman named Theutberga , daughter of Boso t...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Anna of Kyiv, Queen and Regent of France

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Anna of Kyiv, queen and regent of France (married 19 May 1051) Anna of Kyiv was the daughter of Yaroslav I Vladimirovich, grand prince of Ky...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Rozala of Italy, Countess and Regent of Flanders, and Queen of the Franks

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Rozala of Italy, countess and regent of Flancers, then queen of the Franks (married 1 April 987) The year of Rozala of Italy's birth is ...
Friday, July 11, 2025

Olga of Kyiv, Regent of Russia: "As the Day-Spring Precedes the Sun and as the Dawn Precedes the Day "

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Olga of Kyiv, regent of Kyiv (died 11 July 969) Although little of her early life is known, traditional accounts of Olga of Kyiv claim that ...
Friday, April 18, 2025

Beatrice of Lorraine, Regent of Tuscany

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Beatrice of Lorraine, marchioness and regent of Tuscany (died 18 April 1076) Before his death in 855 (and after decades of rebellion and ins...