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DoomsdaysCWNotable Women of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientEgypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientEgypt</a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nebet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nebet</a>Nebet (“Lady”), a Priestess of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Thoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thoth</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tehuti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tehuti</a>) was the “first recorded female <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vizier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vizier</a> in Ancient Egyptian history” during the late Old Kingdom of Egypt in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SixthDynasty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SixthDynasty</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/2300BC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2300BC</a>).The vizier was appointed by the Pharaoh, and the vizier’s “paramount duty was to supervise the running of the country, such as a prime minister, at times even small details of it such as sampling the city's water supply.”“All other lesser supervisors and officials, such as tax collectors and scribes, would report to the vizier.“<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensRights</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Autonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autonomy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Occupations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Occupations</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodon</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FamousAncientWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FamousAncientWomen</a>

DoomsdaysCWNotable Women of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientEgypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientEgypt</a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hatsheput" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hatsheput</a>Hatsheput (1479-1457 BCE), claimed the throne because she was the daughter of the late king “Thutmose I by his Great Royal Wife” (Watterson, 101), and not “a concubine” (Watterson, 101). Hatsheput’s reign was known for “great achievements” (Watterson, 101) both “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/architectural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architectural</a> and commercial” (Watterson, 101). Her most successful commercial venture was “an expedition by sea to Punt, probably located in the east Sudan bordering on northern Eritrea/Ethiopia” (Watterson, 101).<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensRights</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Autonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autonomy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Occupations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Occupations</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodon</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FamousAncientWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FamousAncientWomen</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hatsheput" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hatsheput</a>

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