10 Most Powerful Women in History


	10 Most Powerful Women in History
ramsesemerson
10-3-2008 4:59 PM
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ramsesemerson says:
I wish I had room to give attention to all of these, but since I don't, I picked Eleanor to highlight.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b23f47b6-850f-4f6b-8ee0-2247375c5031/5924EE0F-F639-4BEE-AA0F-93DAC36A426D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://listverse.com/people/top-10-most-powerful-women-in-history/" href="http://listverse.com/people/top-10-most-powerful-women-in-history/" style="font-size: 11px;">listverse.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/people/top-10-most-powerful-women-in-history/"><DIV class="itemtitle">Eleanor of Aquitaine</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/people/top-10-most-powerful-women-in-history/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/9FB51189-F77C-49AF-A75E-8C7E5D1836AC" alt="Eleanor" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/people/top-10-most-powerful-women-in-history/"><P>Eleanor was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Europe and the world during the High Middle Ages. Eleanor inherited the Duchy of Aquitaine and Poitiers after her father’s death when she was only 15. As a result, Eleanor became an independent ruler in her own right receiving the titles of Duchess of Aquitaine and Countess of Poitiers. Aquitaine was the largest and wealthiest province of France during the 12th century. Unlike many other monarchs and women of the Middle Ages, Eleanor and her family were very well educated. Eleanor is credited for having transformed Aquitaine into one of the largest intellectual and cultural centers in Medieval Western Europe.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/people/top-10-most-powerful-women-in-history/"><DIV class="itemtitle">Hatshepsut</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/people/top-10-most-powerful-women-in-history/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/0C263876-984F-49A2-B3E7-86F766D0E2CA" alt="Hatshepsut" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/people/top-10-most-powerful-women-in-history/"><DIV class="itemtitle">Empress Theodora</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/people/top-10-most-powerful-women-in-history/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/listverse.com/img/0ABADC17-AD42-48B0-B96F-60752872B417" alt="Empresscolor2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://listverse.com/people/top-10-most-powerful-women-in-history/"><DIV class="itemtitle">Empress Wu Zetian</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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