Historical Woman Quiz

[qos]

And here I thought the answers were leading to Queen Christina, who also dressed and acted like a man. . .

Take the quiz: "What Historic Woman Are You?"

Queen Hatshepsut
She was an Egyptian princess who wanted to be King. So she pasted on a fake beard and called herself King Hatshepsut. Everyone knew that she was a woman, but she had to pretend to be a man because Egyptians couldn't have a blatantly female ruler. You are strong, and will do whatever it takes to get what you want, just like Hatshepsut. Read more about her: http://i-cias.com/e.o/hatshep.htm

Clearly, however, Deborah Sampson is not Hatshepsut, even though she too dressed up like a man -- to fight in the Revolutionary War.

Comments

[thomryng.livejournal.com]

Yikes! I won't try to address - or even count - all the historical inaccuracies in that paragraph. But at least they could have provided the correct picture.

Anyway, here's my favourite image of King Hatshepsut:

[thomryng.livejournal.com]

Addendum: here's a link to a photo of the original...

http://hanser.ceat.okstate.edu/2003/hatshepsut_bust_.jpg