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Athaliah – Queen of Judah during the reign of King Jehoram, and later became sole ruler of Judah for five years. II Kings, II Chronicles [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Azubah #1 – Caleb 's wife.
[71]: 131 The women named as leaders in the Pauline epistles contributed directly to that endeavor by acting in roles like those of men. [98] [99] [100] New Testament scholar Linda Belleville says "virtually every leadership role that names a man also names a woman. In fact there are more women named as leaders in the New Testament than men.
Section 4 lists various female rulers who were referred to with the title "Chieftainess." Regents, such as queens regent, are not monarchs and are not included in this page. Page does include claimants and anti-rulers whose recognition among their subjects and legitimacy as monarchs is disputed.
New history documentary series “Queens That Changed the World,” that shines a light on some of the world’s most powerful female rulers, has scored a raft of worldwide sales. Channel 4 has ...
Women in Church history have played a variety of roles in the life of Christianity—notably as contemplatives, health care givers, educationalists and missionaries. Until recent times, women were generally excluded from episcopal and clerical positions within the certain Christian churches; however, great numbers of women have been influential in the life of the church, from contemporaries of ...
This is a list of female hereditary monarchs who reigned over a political jurisdiction in their own right or by right of inheritance. The list does not include female regents (see List of regents), usually the mother of the monarch, male or female, for although they exercised political power during the period of regency on behalf of their child or children, they were not hereditary monarch ...
Husbands and Co-Rulers Death Melisende 1131–1153: 1105 Jerusalem daughter of King Baldwin II and Morphia of Melitene: Fulk V, Count of Anjou 2 June 1129 2 sons: 11 September 1161 Jerusalem aged 61 Sibylla 1186–1190: c. 1160 daughter of King Amalric and Agnes of Courtenay: William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon 1176 one son Guy of ...
Julia Evelina Smith's 1876 Bible translation, titled The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally from the Original Tongues, is considered the first complete translation of the Bible into English by a woman. [39] 1879: The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded by a woman, Mary Baker Eddy. [40]