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Fun one... I always loved Angelina Jolie. She's got her own sense of style, she's very much her own person, devoted to her kids and she does loads for charity. She's different to others and I like that.
My more serious one has always been Boudica. The Romans destroyed her tribes way of life, flogged her and *** her daughters... she lead her tribe rebelling against them. She had some successes but they lost overall. I've always admired that she stood for what she believed in, and lead a group of men in a patriarchal society.
I like Angelina Jolie, as you say she's a humanitarian, plus she seems like she'd be fun to grab a beer with.
Yes absolutely! I'll bet a night with her would be a blast
If you like reading up on Warrior queens, Antonia Fraser wrote a book of ancient to recent actual queens and political ones (unfortunately including Margaret Thatcher too) It has boudicca, zenobia, Cleopatra etc kicking the shit out of the Romans (for a while anyway)
I've always loved reading about Celtic life and history, they had 10 types of marriage, only 3 of which were permanent. Women could rule independently, own property, take lovers, and go into battle, a fact that absolutely horrified the Romans
That book sounds great!! I've never heard of zenobia. And celtic culture seems really interesting I'll have a Google