TY - BOOK AU - Garlick,Barbara AU - Dixon,Suzanne AU - Allen,Pauline TI - Stereotypes of women in power: historical perspectives and revisionist views T2 - Contributions in women's studies, SN - 0313277311 AV - HQ1236 .S735 1992 U1 - 305.42 20 PY - 1992/// CY - New York PB - Greenwood Press KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - History KW - Power (Social sciences) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : Public and Private: The Paradigm's Power; Arlene W. Saxonhouse --; Female Officials in Ancient Egypt and Egyptian Historians; V.G. Callender --; On the Stage, Behind the Curtain: Images of Politically Active Women in the Late Roman Republic; Tom Hillard --; Julia's Jokes, Galla Placidia, and the Roman Use of Women as Political Icons; Amy Richlin --; Contemporary Portrayals of the Byzantine Empress Theodora (527-548 A.D.); Pauline Allen --; Women and Power in the Scandinavian Sagas; Margaret Clunies Ross --; Imperial Women in the History of the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644; Ellen Soulliere --; The Virago and Machiavelli; Lenore Coltheart --; Radical Hens and Vociferous Ladies: Representation and Class in the Mid-Nineteenth Century; Barbara Garlick --; Schemers, Dragons, and Witches: Criminal "Justice" and the Fair Sex; Jocelynne A. Scutt --; Conclusion: The Enduring Theme: Domineering Dowagers and Scheming Concubines; Suzanne Dixon ER -