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41 Cards in this Set
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Hatshepsut
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ruled Egypt for 15 years
daughter of Tuthmose I name erased from records |
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Nefertiti
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"The Beautiful One Has Come", wife of Amenhotep IV
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Cleopatra
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ruled w/ her brother
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Maat
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Egyptian goddess of law, justice, harmony
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Nut
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Egyptian goddess of sky, births other gods and pharoahs
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Hathor
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Egyptian goddess of love and war
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Isis
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goddess of Nile River, mother of Horus, shown with bird wings
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Esther
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saved Jews by marrying king of Persia
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Judith
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Jewish, cut head off a general
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Deborah
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Jewish tribal leader
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Miriam
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sister of Moses
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Pandora
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opened Pandora's box, parallel to Eve
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Penelope
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Odysseus' wife in Odyssey, faithfully waits for him, knits blanket and undoes progress
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sirens
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lure sailors with their songs
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Circe
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monster in Odyssey, turns men into swines
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Scylla and Charybdis
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sea monster and whirlpool in Odyssey
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Aphrodite
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Greek goddess; love, sex, beauty, virginity
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Artemis
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Greek goddess; hunt, moon, animals
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Athena
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Greek goddess; war, wisdom, farming, crafts; birthed from head of Zeus; her temple is the Parthenon
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Demeter
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Greek goddess of Earth; mother of Persephone
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Persephone
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daughter of Demeter, kidnapped by Hades
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Sappho
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female poet from Lesbos, love poetry
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Vestal Virgins
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priestesses to Vesta, served for 30 years, donated by parents
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Theodora
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Roman, wife of Justinian, was a courtesan
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Hypatia of Alexandria
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scientist, mathematician, philosopher; writings burned publicly
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Mary and Martha
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women in Jesus' parables; better to learn his teachings than to do chores
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Joan of Arc
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led French military @ Orleans, burned at stake
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
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inherited land, married Louis VII, went along on Crusades, after annulment married Henry II, placed under house arrest until his death
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Hild of Whitby
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headed a double monastery
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Herrad of Alsace
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abbess who created first encyclopedia
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Hildegard of Bingen
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nun, had visions, catalogued herbs and diseases, musical composer
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Christine de Pisan
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French noble, supported her family as a writer, some books traditional, some books feminist, Europe's first feminist
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Enheduanna
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high prietess in Sumeria, first female poet in history
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Code of Hammurabi
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Sumeria/Mesopotamia
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Snake goddess
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held snakes, Minoan
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Hera/Here
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Zeus' consort, evolved from cow goddess
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Heterae
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Athenian courtesans, not Athenian-born
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Livia and Fulvia
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influential in Roman imperial households
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Dido
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queen of Carthage
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Iaia
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only female artist in Rome, painter
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Irene
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first queen in European history to rule in her own name, Byzantine empress
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