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Powerful Women in a Men's World

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  • Lisa Sergio (1905 - 1989)
    Lisa Sergio was a radio news broadcaster in Italy under Mussolini who became a leading anti-Fascist broadcaster and one of the first women to have her own radio news commentary program. She was the onl...
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    Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
    Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild ; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-centu...
  • Björk
    Björk Guðmundsdóttir OTF (/bjɜːrk/ BYURK, Icelandic: [pj%C5%93r%CC%A5k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtouʰtɪr̥] (About this soundlisten); born 21 November, 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, record producer, actres...
  • Freelove Stow (1728 - 1805)
    Freelove Stow (Baldwin) Find A Grave Memorial ID # 29055873 Freelove Baldwin Stowe DAR Chapter The House That History Built Eells-Stow House (1700) FREELOVE 4, Phinehas 3, Richard 2, John...
  • First Lady Edith White Wilson (Bolling) (1872 - 1961)
    Edith White Wilson (Bolling) First Lady of the United States of America, 1915-21 Find A Grave Memorial ID # 19670 Edith White Wilson (Bolling), (October 15, 1872–December 28, 1961), second wife...

I keep coming across semi-invisible (by which, I suppose I mean to HIStory ;-)) women, who quite obviously wield power or change their society behind the scenes of (& often by manipulating) the males whose stories are told, and I can't find a good project to attach them to - in order to give them a trace on Geni.

There are lots of projects for great women, who do impressive things (especially era-specific projects) - but none that encompass women who affect the course of their society irrespective of whether they are laudable -

eg -by divorcing one king and offering yourself to whoever beats him, causing a battle that wipes out most of the Irish nobility at Clontarf: Gormflaith

- or by quietly manipulating the politics of the colonial government who appoint you as a puppet regent, in the interests of your tribe: Nonesi Great House Wife, Twice regent of the abaThembu

- or by killing off your powerful son-in-law to change the balance of power in favour of a new son-in-law: Pepin, the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia: Anseflede

I'm sure people can think of lots of others, or come across them in the course of researching for Geni, so I'm provisionally calling this project: 'Powerful Women in a Men's World', and asking for people to attach them & their stories here as we find them - whatever era or area they are in.

Work-in-progress - please jump in. We're having an interesting Discussion here about exactly what niche this is trying to fill.