So who were the MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN HISTORY? Depends on which source you choose to use. Here's a list of 15. Whom would YOU add to it?

Lists least to most powerful

Zenobia 240-275
Cleopatra 69-30 BC
Lakshmibal the Rani of Jhansi  1828-1858
Joan of Arc 1412-1431
Borte Ujin (wife of Ghengis Khan) 1161-1230
Indira Gandhi 1917-1984
Margaret Thatcher 1925-2023
Theodora 500-548
Queen Victoria 1819-1901
Empress Dowager Cixi 1835-1908
Maria Theresa of Austria 1717-1780
Hutshepsut 1508BC-1458 BC
Catherine the Great 1729-1796
Empress Wu Zetian 624-705
Elizabeth 1  1533-1603