print email comment close From Warrior Women to Female Pharaohs: Careers for Women in Ancient Egypt URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/women_01.shtml Description: "Whilst the concept of a career choice for women is a relatively modern phenomenon, the situation in ancient Egypt was rather different." This essay describes how ancient Egyptian women's "ability to exercise varying degrees of power and self-determination was most unusual in the ancient world." Discusses "ladies of leisure," women who held high office, and women priests. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Author: Fletcher, Joann Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) LII Database Information: Record 25432 created by Maria Brandt on 02/05/2008 Last modification on 02/12/2008 Published: 02/21/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25432