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Contents
1 Cover
2 Title Page
3 Copyright
4 Note to Readers
5 Contents
6 Introduction
7 TRAILBLAZERS
8 Matilda of Flanders
9 Wu Zetian
10 Margaret Tudor
11 Arwa al-Sulayhi
12 Seondeok of Silla
13 Tamar of Georgia
14 FREE-THINKERS
15 Henrietta Maria of France
16 Queen Nzinga
17 Elisabeth of Austria
18 Empress Theodora
19 Caroline of Brunswick
20 Sayyida al-Hurra
21 WARRIORS
22 Boudica
23 Eleanor of Provence
24 Trung Trac
25 Queen Amina
26 Yaa Asantewaa
27 REBELS
28 Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi
29 Zenobia
30 Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar
31 Christina of Sweden
32 Anacaona
33 Joanna of Castile
34 Queen Liliuokalani
35 SURVIVORS
36 Katherine Parr
37 Margaret of Anjou
38 Cartimandua
39 Marie Leszczyńska
40 Catherine of Aragon
41 Queen Anne
42 IMAGE-MAKERS
43 Elizabeth I of Russia
44 Empress Irene of Athens
45 Hatshepsut
46 Sammu-ramat
47 Cynethryth
48 GUIDING LIGHTS
49 Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
50 Margaret Drummond
51 Nur Jahan
52 Queen Elfrida
53 Emma of Normandy
54 Acknowledgements
55 Bibliography
56 About the Publisher
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