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Female Power

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Female Power
Boadicea
British warrior-queen who led a revolt against the Romans. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 116]
Camilla
maiden-warrior who battles Aeneas’ forces. [Rom. Lit.: Vergil Aeneid]
Hippolyta
queen of the Amazons; attacked Attica but was defeated by Theseus, who then married her. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 468]
Macbeth, Lady
goads Macbeth to murder Duncan and seize power. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare Macbeth]
Pilar
strong-minded female leader of a group of guerrillas in the Spanish Civil War. [Am. Lit.: Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls]
Semiramis
warrior-queen founded Babylon; legendary conqueror, identified with the goddess Ishtar. [Asiatic Hist.: EB (1963) XX, 315]
Valkyries
warlike virgins who ride into battle to select, from the heroes to be slain, those worthy of dining with Odin in Valhalla. [Scand. Myth.: Benét, 1046]


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Growing financial female power in the Arab region increases the importance of their segment as both financial decision-makers and consumers, researchers noted.
Her topics include nationalism, race and color, Africanity, and female power.
com Eleanor of Aquitaine has been noted for her political achievements--yet here the focus is on her spiritual influence, nature and side, which considers her as a figure restoring a feminine face to medieval religious life, representing female power and leadership.
 
 
 
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