Women Leaders of Europe and the Western Hemisphere

About the Book

Women Leaders of Europe and the Western Hemisphere offers short biographical entries on women, both famous and obscure, holding the reins of power from ancient times up to the present day on three continents. In addition to these alphabetically and regionally arranged entries, two essays present often astonishing anecdotes concerning many of these forgotten women, bringing them to life and imbuing their stories with all the flamboyance and drama of an epic movie. Its companion book covers women leaders from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific.

About the Author

Guida Jackson’s other fiction includes Passing Through, Death by Chicken, Hitting It Big, and Cybergasm. She has worked as a newspaper editor, magazine editor, book editor, lecturer in English (University of Houston), and Creative Writing (Montgomery College). She has a BA in Journalism, MA in the Humanities specializing in Latin American Literature, and PhD in Comparative Literature specializing in Third World Literature, particularly West African. She is founder of Touchstone Literary Journal (1976) and Panther Creek Press (1999), and author of 18 fiction and non-fiction books, published by Simon & Schuster, Oxford University Press, Barnes & Noble Books, and others. Three of her books, Women Who Ruled, Encyclopedia of Traditional Epics, and Women Rulers Throughout the Ages, have been on Library Journal’s Best Reference List. She lives with Jack, Hunter, and Lili Hume in Houston, Texas.