It is undeniable that in history there have always been great women who played preponderant roles at many times and this had a strong meaning, especially when this role was performed in areas such as management of an empire or a military command, given that, in many civilizations, women were seen as a being with social limitations and without virtues policies. Many great women have shown that your skills and abilities can never be underestimated..
Obviously, the list of remarkable women in history and their achievements is very extensive and with each passing day it increases. Although some of these important figures are part of the imagination of great part of humanity and illustrate very well the Ancient Age, the Middle Ages, the Modern Age and the Contemporary Age.
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great women of the ancient age
From the most remote civilizations, the figure of the woman is faced with fascination and fear, as is the case of allegorical characters such as Helena de Troia, whose beauty provoked a
war. But at the same time, there isdecisive female figures, as, among the Greeks, Diotima of Mantineia, philosopher and priestess, and Sappho of Mytilene, poetess.At the Middle East, we have the example of queen of sheba, one of the most powerful in Arabia; the of Maria Madalena, a prostitute who played a prominent role among the followers of Jesus Christ; and Mary, mother of Jesus, who, despite the veracity of her virginal conception and her holiness, exerted and still exerts an enormous influence on millions of people.
At the Ancient Egypt, we had women like Hatshepsut, wife of Thutmose II, who was also a pharaoh of Egypt; Nefertiti, wife of Aquenaton; and the most famous of all, Cleopatra, whose devices, in the times of the Roman domination over Egypt, made two generals of Rome, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, bind themselves to her lovingly and politically. Among the many prominent female figures in the Old age, there is still Roxane, the princess Persian who became the spouse of Alexander the Great of Macedonia.
Great Women of the Middle Ages
At AgeAverage, we have the queen Isabel of Castile, who, along with her husband Fernando de Aragão, promoted the Unification of Spain at the end of the 15th century, expelling the Moors (Muslims) from the Iberian Peninsula.
In Portugal, there is the dramatic story of Inês de Castro, narrated by the poet Luís de Camões in The Lusiads. Inês was chased and killed by King D. Afonso IV so that he could not carry out a possible marriage union with the future king D. Peter.
At the medieval period, the biggest woman was JoanaD'Arc, who led French army troops in the Hundred Years War, but she ended up being persecuted and killed, accused of heresy.
Great Women of the Modern Age
At the entrance of the modern era, TheQueen Elizabeth, from England, she also had a great figure, as well as Mary Stuart, from Scotland. Added to these two is Saint Teresa of Avila, a great writer and mystic of Spanish Catholicism.
Further up, in the 18th century, we have women like Catherine the Great, Tsarina of Russia from 1762 to 1796, who was considered one of the enlightened despots, that is, the absolutist kings who were open to some of the reformist ideas proposed by the Enlightenment.
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Great Women of the Contemporary Age
In the 19th and 20th centuries, the number of prominent women is quite large and covers various sectors, from the cultural to the political. Names like Anita Garibaldi, Maria Quiteria and Princess Isabel, in theBrazil, have prominent place.
Already in the history of england, for example, names like Queen Victoria and Margaret Thatcher are also among the main ones. Many others could also be mentioned, but these examples already testify to the great influence that women have had in our history.
By Me. Cláudio Fernandes
Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/historia/grandesmulheres.htm