books.google.com - Some were bloodthirsty. Some were enlightened. One was not amused. All were women who held supreme power: queens, empresses, prime ministers, presidents, regents, constitutional monarchs, and other women rulers. "Women Rulers Throughout the AgeS" offers highly readable biographies covering each ruler's...http://books.google.com/books/about/Women_Rulers_throughout_the_Ages.html?id=x3BzmTdQLioC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareWomen Rulers throughout the Ages