Recounts the stories of bold, notorious, or successful women in such early cultures as ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, and China.

Iaia of Cyzicus -- Hortensia of Rome -- Locusta of Gaul -- Sappho of Lesbos -- Hipparchia of Athens -- Hedea, Tryphosa, and Dionysia of Tralles -- Hatshepsut of Thebes -- Cleopatra Seven of Egypt and Cleopatre Selene of Mauretania -- Mary Prophetissa of Alexandria -- Deborah and Jael of Israel -- Zenobia of Palmyra -- Enheduana of Sumer -- Semiramis of Assyria -- Pan Chao of China -- Trung Trac and Trung Nhi of Vietnam.