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01 Nov 2011, 3:04 pm

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01 Nov 2011, 3:18 pm

This list is flawed, where is anna-banana?

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01 Nov 2011, 3:24 pm

Vigilans wrote:

This list is flawed, where is anna-banana?

Maybe anna-banana was Queen Victoria in her past life

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01 Nov 2011, 3:25 pm

The anti-royalist in me is somewhat sad about the number of monarchs on this list.

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01 Nov 2011, 3:29 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:

The anti-royalist in me is somewhat sad about the number of monarchs on this list.

Me too I feel the same plus their are plenty of great women threw out history that isn't on the list.

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01 Nov 2011, 3:33 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:

The anti-royalist in me is somewhat sad about the number of monarchs on this list.

Me too. Though it is accurate in a way, as the list isn't really referring to "most influential" or "fought for women's rights" but reflects how much power they had available to them. Unfortunately up until the last century powerful women were almost exclusively royals

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01 Nov 2011, 3:35 pm

Even the powerful women of Rome where royalist in a way.

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01 Nov 2011, 5:15 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:

The anti-royalist in me is somewhat sad about the number of monarchs on this list.

Why should we be surprised?

Almost all powerful figures prior to the 18th century were monarchs. Given that women were precluded from most religious and civil offices, it stands to reason that the few women that were going to achieve real power would wind up being monarchs in their own right since there was virtually no other path to power for women.

Rather than lamenting the number of powerful women in history who were women, perhaps we should celebrate the small progress that we have made in creating a society in which the exercise of power is not the exclusive prerogative of men.

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01 Nov 2011, 5:35 pm

Queen Esther was the most powerful woman in all history.

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01 Nov 2011, 6:52 pm

The most powerful men in history ( not the greatest but the most powerful) were mostly kings, or soldiers, until a couple centuries ago. So its hardly surprising that its the same with women.

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02 Nov 2011, 2:58 am

femme wrote:

Master_Pedant wrote:

The anti-royalist in me is somewhat sad about the number of monarchs on this list.

Me too I feel the same plus their are plenty of great women threw out history that isn't on the list.

great might not equate with powerful, though.

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02 Nov 2011, 3:32 pm

What happened to Mrs. Thatcher?

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02 Nov 2011, 3:42 pm

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Queen Esther was the most powerful woman in all history.

Queen Esther helped save many Jews from being killed also :wink:

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02 Nov 2011, 4:12 pm

I hope Queen Esther will come back and convince those Muslims to load up all of their nuclear weapons in order to propel a rocket ship to Mars so the Middle East can be a nuclear free zone.

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02 Nov 2011, 4:26 pm

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I hope Queen Esther will come back and convince those Muslims to load up all of their nuclear weapons in order to propel a rocket ship to Mars so the Middle East can be a nuclear free zone.

you want Israel to give her Nukes to the muslims?
Very radical. :lol:

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02 Nov 2011, 4:30 pm

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androbot2084 wrote:

I hope Queen Esther will come back and convince those Muslims to load up all of their nuclear weapons in order to propel a rocket ship to Mars so the Middle East can be a nuclear free zone.

you want Israel to give her Nukes to the muslims?
Very radical. :lol:

That is very radical :lol:

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