The Woman Who Would Be King

I had not known about Hatshepsut, an interesting, smart, politically savvy woman who defied all odds and wisely used her connections and bestowed favors astutely in order to gain acceptance as not just daughter of king or wife of king or mother of king (actually, she never gave birth to a son so could not claim that title) but claimed the title of king itself, despite having an already acknowledged king on the throne. well done!