Introduction
Throughout history, women have wielded power--as rulers, or warriors, or sometimes through others. They may have been revered or at least obeyed, but just as often, they were maligned, condemned or even murdered. Were they battleaxes? She-wolves? One of the others? Or just smart and ambitious? Read on.
Latest Post: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
For starters, MARIE-ANTOINETTE never said, “let them eat cake.” As a matter of fact, this Queen of France to Louis XVI, never committed the alleged “crimes” that led her to the guillotine in 1793. Yes,, she was extravagant. Foolish sometimes. But she was also a princess in her own right (daughter to the great Maria Teresa), a loyal Queen, and a devoted mother, given to charitable causes.
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Marie Antionette
