everyday Americans need a champion and I
want to be that champion these women
literally rule peace and goodwill have
lasting power in the hearts of men and
women welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten historical women’s leaders I
believe that God gives men and women
equal rights for this list we’ve looked
at the most important iconic and
effective women’s leaders throughout
ancient and modern world history number
10 queen elizabeth ii she’s managed to
to modernize and evolve the monarchy
like no other we begin our ascent to the
throne with England’s Queen and head of
the Commonwealth Her Royal Highness
Elizabeth the second is one of the most
instantly recognizable women ever to
have lived I must say though this dinner
is a humbling reminder of the fleeting
nature of presidencies and prime
minister ships your Majesty’s reign has
spanned about a dozen of each
the world’s oldest reigning monarch
Britain’s longest lived and having
recently surpassed Queen Victoria to
become the UK’s longest reigning head of
state she’s been making history for
years I have been deeply touched this
year by the selflessness of aid workers
and medical volunteers who have gone
abroad to help victims of conflict she’s
a symbol of British and European
tradition but has also proven
consistently adaptable to the
ever-changing modern world she’s a royal
one-off she very much leaves family to
go off and find their own way and if you
get it wrong stand by you will be put
back back in your place which you know
quite rightly so number 9 Indira Gandhi
have you ever danger on my life and I
think I’ve had a pretty full life and it
makes no difference whether you die in
bed or you’re done standing up the only
ever female Prime Minister of India so
far Indira Gandhi held the office for
four non-consecutive terms between the
years in 1966 and 1984 holding roles as
president of the Indian National
Congress and Minister of Information and
Broadcasting before assuming full power
as PM
in 1966 India’s always tried to be on
the side of peace and negotiations and
so on but of course we can’t endanger
our security in any way a surprisingly
ruthless ruler
she was an exceptionally strong willed
woman working in an until then man’s
world bringing about great agricultural
change in India itself through the
poverty tackling Green Revolution and an
influential figure in creating the stand
alone nation Bangladesh Gandhi was one
of the most important women of the
twentieth century
number eight Queen Victoria she has a
very disciplined mind she has a
propensity for hard work and a quick
intelligence and she is strikingly sure
of her own fitness to rule officially
titled Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of
India Queen Victoria was also
affectionately known as the grandmother
of Europe when she becomes Queen she
suddenly realizes that what she demands
can happen head of a royal family that
stretched across an entire continent
this lady was internationally liked and
respected Victoria oversaw the
Industrial Revolution in Britain she
held her own against political uprisings
that dominated Europe during the mid
19th century the legend says that she
was not amused but she was pretty
incredible she was the matriarch
responsible for the welfare of her
subjects in return expecting their love
and respect by the end she’d got both
number seven store gag Thani beki
daughter-in-law to Genghis Khan sergeich
Thani beki became arguably the most
important influential and tactically
impressive woman within the mongol
empire following the legendary leaders
death mother to four sons she ensured
that each of her offspring inherited at
least some slice of Mongol rule with
probably the most significant portion
held by second-oldest Kublai who founded
the Yuan Dynasty in China a master
manipulator famed forward thinker and a
notably tolerant woman it was said of
sorghum Thani that if there was another
woman like her the race of women would
be far superior to that of men number
six
venez
butoh they don’t accept they kill people
and they think they won’t even have to
go to jail they won’t have to answer
before a judge and that’s wrong born
into Pakistani politics benazir bhutto
is perhaps one of the bravest leaders to
make today’s countdown Rocio Matata no
chickie sorry mummy mashallah office
caddy again a victim to the military
rule of General Muhammad zia-ul-haq
under whom her father the former Prime
Minister was executed she endured
several spells in prison or exile before
eventually spearheading the Pakistani
People’s Party to election success in
1988 I was imprisoned and nearly died in
prison because of neglect there were
death threats there were many low
moments violent opposition forever
dogged her charismatic leadership
however culminating with her
assassination in 2007 having returned to
Pakistan concerned over the extremism
erupting there she was herself killed in
a bombing right before the next general
election I learned when I saw my father
in prison that the most important thing
in life is to serve the people and when
you go to the grave you don’t take any
property with you number 5 Angela Merkel
she’s very quiet um and I think that’s
what people like about her she has a
high standing in Germany because she
she’s one of us probably the most
powerful woman in the world today German
Chancellor Angela Merkel is one of the
most important voices within 21st
century Europe unofficially titled the
decider she has played a crucial role in
piecing Europe back together since 2007
s financial crisis maintaining a firm
grip upon the continents precarious
purse strings the steel chuck deputy
with dimension to the nut or niche
comedian by expertly navigating herself
and her country through the crisis
Merkel has managed to flourish where
other European leaders have fallen
Michelle and I are very much looking
forward to hosting the Chancellor and
professors are at tonight’s state dinner
where I’ll have the privilege of
presenting Angela with the medal of
freedom holding office for three terms
and Counting she is one of the
longest-serving leaders on the planet
google admit Booga oh come come dunya
certain Giga mines I’m Alistair Han
Jetson Dean Sam hurt us all and Sue
starting earmuff tones ligase shaft
mentally point of work life number four
Margaret Thatcher the lady’s not for
turning the first and until now only
female Prime Minister of Great Britain
Margaret Thatcher’s time at number 10
Downing Street is never likely to be
forgotten you would rather have the pub
for matches of liberal politics yes it
came up he didn’t intend it to an often
ruthless leader her hardline policies on
social reform cuts
reductions in trade union influence and
mass privatization earned her almighty
criticism we have seen a new birth of
leadership in Britain and that is the
most important thing the most enduring
thing that is going to come out of this
coal strike however despite her apparent
domestic opposition Thatcher served for
three terms until resigning from her
post in 1990 ladies and gentlemen we’re
leaving Downing Street for the last time
after eleven and a half wonderful years
and we’re very happy that we leave the
United Kingdom in a very very much
better State
the original Iron Lady Thatcher knew how
to talk the talk but she was in no way
afraid to walk the walk either where
there is discord may we bring harmony
whether gsella maybe bring truth where
there is doubt may we bring faith number
three Cleopatra
all hail Cleopatra kindred of Horus and
rah beloved of the Moon and Sun dotted
to Isis and of Upper and Lower Egypt
Queen we head into the years BC but once
in today’s top ten but we do so for one
of the most iconic women history has
ever known without a Treaty of alliance
with Egypt you could not hold the
territories under your command true
possibly then Lord Antony you come
before me as a suppliant the last of the
active Pharaohs upon her ascension to
the throne in ancient Egypt Cleopatra
was seen as a reincarnation of the
ideally matriarchal goddess Isis he
starts to realize that he’s involved
with somebody quite unlike anything he’s
ever met a lady who’s an intellectual a
philosopher with an enormous sense of
humor and fun a life story famously
adapted for stage and screen on more
than one occasion she fought against
Rome with Mark Antony but was ultimately
unable to prevent Octavian’s victory
defiant until death however she
committed suicide before the new Roman
Empire was fully established number two
Catherine the second more famously known
as Catherine the Great there are very
good reasons why this Russian Empress
was given such a gracious moniker ruling
for 34 years she oversaw what’s largely
considered Russia’s Golden Age a period
of massive modernization bringing the
country in line with the rest of Europe
and in fact beyond most of it it’s eye
advancement made in agriculture
education the military and the arts
Catherine also oversaw Russia’s
geographical growth expanding the
borders on all sides even into Alaska a
celebrated ruler she’s beaten by just
one other she really made Russia into a
sort of super great power of its day an
imperial European power in a way it
hadn’t really been even under Peter the
Great before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
join me now in expressing our
congratulations and deepest gratitude to
those who have this day by God’s grace
given to the nation the fully ripened
fruit of freedom Emmeline Pankhurst uses
the emotive word
soldier battle war in her aliens speech
in 1913 to embody the suffrage movements
grueling campaign until her reign only a
handful of women had ruled Egypt but
none had attained the status of Pharaoh
number one Joan of Arc give me an army
take me to Orly oh the shortest-lived
of today’s top ten Joan of Arc’s a
literal legend of a leader following
divine intervention allegedly
experienced during her youth she fought
for shall the seventh ascension to the
French throne overcoming English
opposition at Orleans
against all odds a figure who many
believed to be a mythical virgin sent by
God to save France she was ultimately
betrayed by shell and burned at the
stake as a heretic by the English
however history remembers her as
strong-willed strongly admired and
incredibly brave canonized as a saint in
1920 hers is an altogether higher level
of leadership do you agree with our list
which women’s leader do you think was
the most important for more
inspirational top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you
you
want to be that champion these women
literally rule peace and goodwill have
lasting power in the hearts of men and
women welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten historical women’s leaders I
believe that God gives men and women
equal rights for this list we’ve looked
at the most important iconic and
effective women’s leaders throughout
ancient and modern world history number
10 queen elizabeth ii she’s managed to
to modernize and evolve the monarchy
like no other we begin our ascent to the
throne with England’s Queen and head of
the Commonwealth Her Royal Highness
Elizabeth the second is one of the most
instantly recognizable women ever to
have lived I must say though this dinner
is a humbling reminder of the fleeting
nature of presidencies and prime
minister ships your Majesty’s reign has
spanned about a dozen of each
the world’s oldest reigning monarch
Britain’s longest lived and having
recently surpassed Queen Victoria to
become the UK’s longest reigning head of
state she’s been making history for
years I have been deeply touched this
year by the selflessness of aid workers
and medical volunteers who have gone
abroad to help victims of conflict she’s
a symbol of British and European
tradition but has also proven
consistently adaptable to the
ever-changing modern world she’s a royal
one-off she very much leaves family to
go off and find their own way and if you
get it wrong stand by you will be put
back back in your place which you know
quite rightly so number 9 Indira Gandhi
have you ever danger on my life and I
think I’ve had a pretty full life and it
makes no difference whether you die in
bed or you’re done standing up the only
ever female Prime Minister of India so
far Indira Gandhi held the office for
four non-consecutive terms between the
years in 1966 and 1984 holding roles as
president of the Indian National
Congress and Minister of Information and
Broadcasting before assuming full power
as PM
in 1966 India’s always tried to be on
the side of peace and negotiations and
so on but of course we can’t endanger
our security in any way a surprisingly
ruthless ruler
she was an exceptionally strong willed
woman working in an until then man’s
world bringing about great agricultural
change in India itself through the
poverty tackling Green Revolution and an
influential figure in creating the stand
alone nation Bangladesh Gandhi was one
of the most important women of the
twentieth century
number eight Queen Victoria she has a
very disciplined mind she has a
propensity for hard work and a quick
intelligence and she is strikingly sure
of her own fitness to rule officially
titled Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of
India Queen Victoria was also
affectionately known as the grandmother
of Europe when she becomes Queen she
suddenly realizes that what she demands
can happen head of a royal family that
stretched across an entire continent
this lady was internationally liked and
respected Victoria oversaw the
Industrial Revolution in Britain she
held her own against political uprisings
that dominated Europe during the mid
19th century the legend says that she
was not amused but she was pretty
incredible she was the matriarch
responsible for the welfare of her
subjects in return expecting their love
and respect by the end she’d got both
number seven store gag Thani beki
daughter-in-law to Genghis Khan sergeich
Thani beki became arguably the most
important influential and tactically
impressive woman within the mongol
empire following the legendary leaders
death mother to four sons she ensured
that each of her offspring inherited at
least some slice of Mongol rule with
probably the most significant portion
held by second-oldest Kublai who founded
the Yuan Dynasty in China a master
manipulator famed forward thinker and a
notably tolerant woman it was said of
sorghum Thani that if there was another
woman like her the race of women would
be far superior to that of men number
six
venez
butoh they don’t accept they kill people
and they think they won’t even have to
go to jail they won’t have to answer
before a judge and that’s wrong born
into Pakistani politics benazir bhutto
is perhaps one of the bravest leaders to
make today’s countdown Rocio Matata no
chickie sorry mummy mashallah office
caddy again a victim to the military
rule of General Muhammad zia-ul-haq
under whom her father the former Prime
Minister was executed she endured
several spells in prison or exile before
eventually spearheading the Pakistani
People’s Party to election success in
1988 I was imprisoned and nearly died in
prison because of neglect there were
death threats there were many low
moments violent opposition forever
dogged her charismatic leadership
however culminating with her
assassination in 2007 having returned to
Pakistan concerned over the extremism
erupting there she was herself killed in
a bombing right before the next general
election I learned when I saw my father
in prison that the most important thing
in life is to serve the people and when
you go to the grave you don’t take any
property with you number 5 Angela Merkel
she’s very quiet um and I think that’s
what people like about her she has a
high standing in Germany because she
she’s one of us probably the most
powerful woman in the world today German
Chancellor Angela Merkel is one of the
most important voices within 21st
century Europe unofficially titled the
decider she has played a crucial role in
piecing Europe back together since 2007
s financial crisis maintaining a firm
grip upon the continents precarious
purse strings the steel chuck deputy
with dimension to the nut or niche
comedian by expertly navigating herself
and her country through the crisis
Merkel has managed to flourish where
other European leaders have fallen
Michelle and I are very much looking
forward to hosting the Chancellor and
professors are at tonight’s state dinner
where I’ll have the privilege of
presenting Angela with the medal of
freedom holding office for three terms
and Counting she is one of the
longest-serving leaders on the planet
google admit Booga oh come come dunya
certain Giga mines I’m Alistair Han
Jetson Dean Sam hurt us all and Sue
starting earmuff tones ligase shaft
mentally point of work life number four
Margaret Thatcher the lady’s not for
turning the first and until now only
female Prime Minister of Great Britain
Margaret Thatcher’s time at number 10
Downing Street is never likely to be
forgotten you would rather have the pub
for matches of liberal politics yes it
came up he didn’t intend it to an often
ruthless leader her hardline policies on
social reform cuts
reductions in trade union influence and
mass privatization earned her almighty
criticism we have seen a new birth of
leadership in Britain and that is the
most important thing the most enduring
thing that is going to come out of this
coal strike however despite her apparent
domestic opposition Thatcher served for
three terms until resigning from her
post in 1990 ladies and gentlemen we’re
leaving Downing Street for the last time
after eleven and a half wonderful years
and we’re very happy that we leave the
United Kingdom in a very very much
better State
the original Iron Lady Thatcher knew how
to talk the talk but she was in no way
afraid to walk the walk either where
there is discord may we bring harmony
whether gsella maybe bring truth where
there is doubt may we bring faith number
three Cleopatra
all hail Cleopatra kindred of Horus and
rah beloved of the Moon and Sun dotted
to Isis and of Upper and Lower Egypt
Queen we head into the years BC but once
in today’s top ten but we do so for one
of the most iconic women history has
ever known without a Treaty of alliance
with Egypt you could not hold the
territories under your command true
possibly then Lord Antony you come
before me as a suppliant the last of the
active Pharaohs upon her ascension to
the throne in ancient Egypt Cleopatra
was seen as a reincarnation of the
ideally matriarchal goddess Isis he
starts to realize that he’s involved
with somebody quite unlike anything he’s
ever met a lady who’s an intellectual a
philosopher with an enormous sense of
humor and fun a life story famously
adapted for stage and screen on more
than one occasion she fought against
Rome with Mark Antony but was ultimately
unable to prevent Octavian’s victory
defiant until death however she
committed suicide before the new Roman
Empire was fully established number two
Catherine the second more famously known
as Catherine the Great there are very
good reasons why this Russian Empress
was given such a gracious moniker ruling
for 34 years she oversaw what’s largely
considered Russia’s Golden Age a period
of massive modernization bringing the
country in line with the rest of Europe
and in fact beyond most of it it’s eye
advancement made in agriculture
education the military and the arts
Catherine also oversaw Russia’s
geographical growth expanding the
borders on all sides even into Alaska a
celebrated ruler she’s beaten by just
one other she really made Russia into a
sort of super great power of its day an
imperial European power in a way it
hadn’t really been even under Peter the
Great before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
join me now in expressing our
congratulations and deepest gratitude to
those who have this day by God’s grace
given to the nation the fully ripened
fruit of freedom Emmeline Pankhurst uses
the emotive word
soldier battle war in her aliens speech
in 1913 to embody the suffrage movements
grueling campaign until her reign only a
handful of women had ruled Egypt but
none had attained the status of Pharaoh
number one Joan of Arc give me an army
take me to Orly oh the shortest-lived
of today’s top ten Joan of Arc’s a
literal legend of a leader following
divine intervention allegedly
experienced during her youth she fought
for shall the seventh ascension to the
French throne overcoming English
opposition at Orleans
against all odds a figure who many
believed to be a mythical virgin sent by
God to save France she was ultimately
betrayed by shell and burned at the
stake as a heretic by the English
however history remembers her as
strong-willed strongly admired and
incredibly brave canonized as a saint in
1920 hers is an altogether higher level
of leadership do you agree with our list
which women’s leader do you think was
the most important for more
inspirational top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you
you
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