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Poll: Who Was the Most Interesting Woman Ruler?

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

Who was the most interesting woman ruler in history? Choose from among these queens, empresses, and pharaohs. Click to vote, and to see how others have voted:

1) Catherine the Great of Russia
2) Christina of Sweden
3) Cixi (Tz'u-hsi or Hsiao-ch'in)
4) Cleopatra VII
5) Eleanor of Aquitaine
6) Elizabeth I of England
7) Hatshepsut
8) Isabella I of Spain
9) Mary, Queen of Scots
10) Victoria of Great Britain

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