Women have been around since humanity came into being. I can’t help wondering when it will be OK to have women candidates.
Also:
The woman King Hatshepsut (1507–1458 BCE) would like a word.
As would Merneith, Queen Regnant during the early 1st Dynasty
[ETA: When her tomb and that stela were found, they were assumed to belong to a Pharaoh, because only kings’ tombs had similar stele, and only kings had tombs of such vast size.]
“Another rival to the claim of being the first female pharaoh is Khentkaus I (4th-5th Dynasty). On the doorway of her tomb in Giza, there is written a title which can be translated to either “Mother of Two Kings” or “King and Mother of a King.” There are also images of her that show her in king-like poses and even wearing a false beard!”
Sobekneferu (mid-18th C BCE)
Nefertiti (c. 1370 – c. 1330 BCE) is now thought to have taken a Pharoah’s titulary, ruling Egypt herself after her husband Akhenaten had passed, instead of being Queen Regnant while his son Tutankhamon was a very small child.
Twosret (d. 1189 BCE) took a king’s titulary, becoming the last king of the 19th Dynasty.
