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Eleanor Herman shows how people attack women who have or seek power. She tracks this pattern through 3,000 years. She links past rulers to those in politics today. She looks at Cleopatra and Anne Boleyn. She also looks at Marie Antoinette and Catherine the Great. Her subjects include Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris too.

This feminist history is for general readers drawn to power and gender. It ranges from the ancient world to the European Renaissance. It also covers recent US elections. Herman shows how people attack women's hair, voices, clothes and bodies. These attacks shift the focus from their skills and feats. She looks at claims that women who lead are fake or lie. Images of witches and crude insults play a part too.

Herman asks readers to picture Donald Trump as a woman. She then asks them to see Hillary Clinton as a man. These tests ask how gender shapes our views of the same acts. She blends her study of the past with anger and humor.

Herman writes history for a wide range of readers. She is a New York Times bestselling author. Cristina Niculescu translated this edition from English.