Kirstin Downey

Draws on new scholarship to present a biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus' journey to the New World and became one of the most influential female rulers in history.

The Warrior Queen

Isabella

Frances Perkins is no longer a household name, yet she was one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Frances Perkins was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. As the first female cabinet secretary, at the height of theG

Kirstin Downey

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