About 11 Dangerous Women: Lessons in Power, Reputation and Survival (Wicked or Wise Lessons from History’s Infamous Women):
11 Dangerous Women: Lessons in Power, Reputation and SurvivalHistory called them monsters, villains, tyrants, and seductresses. But what if those labels were simply the price of power?11 Dangerous Women explores the lives of women who refused to be powerless and paid for it with their reputations. From queens and warriors to revolutionaries and crime bosses, these stories reveal how fear, ambition, and double standards shaped the way dangerous women are remembered.Inside this book, you will discover:• How powerful women are transformed into villains by history• Why female rulers were judged more harshly than their male rivals• How fear and propaganda rewrote the reputations of women in power• What survival looks like when the rules were written against you• Why “dangerous” often meant “difficult to control”You will meet women such as: Elizabeth Báthory, Olga of Kiev, Delphine LaLaurie, Mary, Queen of Scots, Griselda Blanco, Tomyris, Queen Ranavalona, Lucrezia Borgia, Caterina Sforza, Sayyida al-Hurra, and Catherine the Great.Some ruled empires. Some led armies. Some built criminal kingdoms. All of them challenged the limits placed on women, and history made sure they paid for it.If you enjoyed 10 Infamous Women, this second volume goes deeper into how power, fear, and reputation collide when women refuse to stay in their place. This is not a book about good women or bad women. It is about what happens when women become dangerous.
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Author Bio:
Jenny Crossan is an author and former technology leader who writes thoughtful, practical books designed to make complex ideas feel clear, relevant, and usable in real life. After decades working in leadership roles across Asia and the Pacific, she turned to writing as a way to share insight, curiosity, and hard-won lessons in a more human and accessible form.
She writes under multiple pen names, each reflecting a different lens on growth, change, and experience. As Kate Mackore, her work explores leadership, collaboration, and the people side of getting things done. As Olivia Cross, she writes more reflectively, drawing on nature, mindset, and personal experience to explore focus, resilience, and the evolving stages of life. Across all her books, Jenny is less interested in labels than in helping readers think more clearly and move forward with confidence.
When she’s not writing, Jenny enjoys exploring new ideas and tools, travelling, renovating homes, and spending time with her grandchildren, who often provide the unexpected questions that spark her next project.