Anne Russell Dudley, Countess of Warwick's gender did not bar her from participating in military, domestic, foreign or church affairs. 

Monarchs who let their hearts rule their heads tend to court disaster, be they male or female; and there have been plenty of both examples.

At 16 and married for almost 5 months, she convinced her father, the Lord Admiral, to make her new husband the Vice-Admiral of Ireland . .

This one is boring but important. Nerd out. Word choice and language have conspired to exclude women from the political narrative.

How did all the women except queens disappear from the historical narrative? Historians write about what is of interest to them.

In a 'Century of Queens', how could there not be political women? Surely a queen wasn't the only woman in her kingdom interested in politics

How Hilary Clinton and Mary of Guise sent me to the archives.

I am a bit aghast that I agreed to impersonate a political analyst for a lecture on Elizabeth I.