Game of Queens

The Game of Queens Guest: Sarah Gristwood, author, "Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe" Spain's Queen Isabella inspired a reinvention of chess, with the all-powerful queen piece. But, Isabella was not alone, there were many other unusually powerful women in 16th-century Europe. These are their stories.  Egypt’s First Female King Guest: Kara Cooney, Egyptologist, author, "The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt," and Professor, Egyptian Art and Architecture, UCLA Hatshepsut came to power as regent for her young son, but she cleverly leveraged her power to become Egypt’s first female king. And Egypt thrived: trade and architecture flourished.