Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century

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Barbara Bennett Peterson
M.E. Sharpe, 2000 - Biography & Autobiography - 402 pages
Qin Xuan, queen dowager, Warring States period -- Ru Ji, political aide, Warring States period -- PART II. THE DECLINE OF THE ZHOU, THE PERIOD OF THE WARRING STATES, AND THE FORMATION OF THE QIN AND HAN DYNASTIES -- Lu Zhi, first wife of founder of the Western Han dynasty -- Yu Ji, beauty, Han dynasty -- Empress Dowager Dou, wife of Emperor Xiaowen, Han dynasty -- Chunyu Tiying, heroine, Western Han dynasty -- Zhuo Wenjun, poet, Western Han dynasty -- Queen Wei, wife and consort to Emperor Wudi, Western Han dynasty -- Queen Xiaowu, court dancer and wife of Emperor Wudi, Western Han dynasty

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Fu Hao earliest female general Shang dynasty
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Qi Jiang politician Spring and Autumn period
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