Women are sometimes be underrated by people before. They thought that women are just for entertainment and not for other things like science, inventions, power and leadership. However, these women proved that women can be as good and even better than men.
Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
After her father died, she became the descendant, at the age of 18, of the throne of Edward, the Duke of Kent. She was not only the leader of the United Kingdom but the whole British Empire. She was able to expand the industry of the British Empire and improved its economy. She had two advisers, her first ever Prime Minister which is Lord Melbourne and also her husband who is Prince Albert. Her empire was really huge during her time over six different continents. It was the biggest during her rule and her period was called the "Victorian Era".
Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796)
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She is another powerful and great leader which also gave her the name of Catherine the Great. She was able to expand the territory of Russia. She also improved the government, health, economy,education, agriculture and the people of her country. She also promoted people to live permanently in Russia. Because of her interest of what is beneath the earth, she hired experts to study it and beyond that, was able to discover rich minerals.
Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908)
Also known as the Dragon Lady, she ruled the empire for almost half a century. She was always compared to the last great empress named Wu Zetian. She did not agree to be influenced by foreigners. She believed that they needed to change their culture, literature and traditions according to their own. However, after the revolting stopped, she changed her mind and agree to let foreign people modernize China.
Why do we have too few leaders that are women?
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