World History Biographies: Hatshepsut: The Princess Who Became King (National Geographic World History Biographies)

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She was the Egyptian girl who became a master politician and a supreme stateswoman. Inheriting her fathers throne along with her young stepson Hatshepsut was soon crowned pharaoh in her own right. This is the startling tale of a womans rise to power within the patriarchal society of ancient Egypt: Hatshepsut was shrewdly conveyed as a masculine ruler in all public statues and artwork and donned male dress and a false beard in person. She ruled Egypt for decades claiming her rightful place in the history of this great civilization. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.