Throughout history women have caused wars, defied the rules,
and brought men to their knees. The famous and the infamous,
queens, divorcées, actresses, and outlaws have created a ruckus
during their lifetimes-turning heads while making waves. Scandalous
Women tells the stories of the risk takers who have flouted
convention, beaten the odds, and determined the course of world
events.
* When Cleopatra 69 BC-30 BC wasn''t bathing in asses'' milk, the
last pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty ruled Egypt and forged an
important political alliance with Rome against her enemies-until
her dalliance with Marc Antony turned the empire against her.
* Emilie du Ch?telet 1706-1748, a mathematician, physicist,
author, and paramour of one of the greatest minds in France,
Voltaire, shocked society with her unorthodox lifestyle and
intellectual prowess-and became a leader in the study of
theoretical physics in France at a time when the sciences were
ruled by men.
* Long before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus,
Ida B. Wells-Barnett 1862-1928 fought to end discrimination and
the terrible crime of lynching and helped found the NAACP, but
became known as a difficult woman for her refusal to compromise and
was largely lost in the annals of history.
* Gertrude Bell 1868-1926 had a passion for archaeology and
languages, and left her privileged world behind to become one of
the foremost chroniclers of British imperialism in the Middle East,
and one of the architects of the modern nation of Iraq.
關於作者：
Elizabeth Kerri Mahon is a professional actress and amateur
history geek. Her blog Scandalous Women
scandalouswoman.blogspot.com was named one of the 100 Best Blogs
for History Junkies. A native New Yorker, she still calls Manhattan
home.
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