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When Women Ruled the World
This episode unearths the stories of ancient Egyptian female pharaohs, revealing how their struggles for legitimacy and power echo the challenges women in leadership face today.
“This episode unearths the stories of ancient Egyptian female pharaohs, revealing how their struggles for legitimacy and power echo the challenges women in leadership face today.”
— Kara Cooney, When Women Ruled the World
Female Leadership, Ancient History, Power Dynamics, Gender
If you've ever observed how female leaders are still held to different standards, or felt the subtle resistance to women in positions of authority, this will illuminate the deep historical roots of those patterns, and this will help you see what to do next.
Kara Cooney, a professor of Egyptology, brings a unique lens to these ancient stories, meticulously piecing together fragmented histories to reveal the clear, often uncomfortable, truths about power and gender across millennia.