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famous women [animated pictures and text] [1]

famous women [animated pictures and text] [1]

  • Cleopatra
    (69 BC–30 BC)

    The last Ptolemaic ruler
    of Egypt. Cleopatra sought
    to defend Egypt from the
    expanding Roman Empire.
    In doing so she formed
    relationships with two
    of Rome’s most powerful
    leaders, Marc Anthony
    and Julius Caesar.

  • Boudicca
    (1st Century AD)

    Boudicca was an inspirational
    leader of the Britons.
    She led several tribes
    in revolt against the
    Roman occupation.
    Initially successful, her
    army of 100,000 sacked
    Colchester and then
    London. Her army was
    later defeated.

  • Joan of Arc
    (1412–1431)

    The patron saint of France,
    Joan of Arc inspired a
    French revolt against
    the occupation of the
    English. An unlikely hero,
    at the age of just 17,
    the diminutive Joan
    successfully led the
    French to victory at
    Orleans. Her later trial
    and martyrdom only
    heightened her mystique.

  • Elizabeth I
    (1533–1603)

    Queen of England during a
    time of great economic
    and social change, she saw
    England cemented as a
    Protestant country.
    During her reign, she
    witnessed the defeat of
    the Spanish Armada
    leaving Britain to later
    become one of the world’s
    dominant superpowers.

  • Catherine the Great
    (1729–1796)

    One of the greatest political
    leaders of the Eighteenth
    Century. Catherine the
    Great was said to have played
    an important role in improving
    the welfare of Russian serfs.
    She placed great emphasis
    on the arts and helped to
    cement Russia as one of the
    dominant countries in Europe.











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