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Which female leaders would you want for various civilizations?

With the reveal that Juarez, Zapata, Villa, and other potential Mexican leaders are great people.... I would love to see Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz as a Mexican associated leader instead. She would synergize perfectly as a cultural and diplomatic (or potentially scientific) leader. (Please, no Malinche--she'd be way too controversial for the Mexican fanbase)


Other female leaders new to the series that come to mind and which haven't been ruled out by great people, ordered by general region:

Jigonhsasee
Manuela Saenz
Juana Azurduy
Eva Peron
Isabel of Brazil
Mary Wollstonecraft
Olympe de Gouges
Germaine de Stael
Hildegard of Bingen
Marie Curie
Anna Comnena
Artemisia
Hurrem Sultan
Zenobia
Sayyida Hurra
Taytu Betul
Yaa Asantewaa
Nur Jahan
Rani Lakshmibai
Cixi
Hojo Masako
Yu Gwansun
Lili'uokalani
 
I hadn't heard about Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz but that's a great suggestion! I also approve of your suggestions of Jigonhsasee, Zenobia, Yaa Asantewaa, Nur Jahan, and Hojo Masako, all of whom I've been supporting in my posts as suggestions as well. :)
 
What did Jackie Kenedy do? Also didn't a previous game have Elenor Roosevelt as a leader for the US
 
And, Cixi would be like choosing Nicholas II or Louis XVI, frankly - the incompetent, stubborn, ill-advised, and out-of-touch leader who made a tumultuous, declining, and mismanaged situation collapse even faster and in a far worse way.
 
Lili'uokalani
And, although she had far less fault in her situation than Cixi did in hers, Lili'uokalani is still, mostly remembered for the Fall of the Hawaiian Monarchy.
 
@Luxerne Though, many of these other choices are pretty good.
 
I've seen Marie Curie mentioned enough times that I'd be willing to bet that she will be the "Polish leader" (if we even get one. please please please please let us get one.)

She is not only a very well known Pole, but also elegantly solves the problem of where should Exploration Poland/Commonwealth go to - France! (though I would also accept Austria-Hungary)

So, she's not only a leader I would like - she's also one I think is very likely to happen. I sort of wonder who else can be placed in the latter bag. Maybe Irene of Athens or Anna Komnena? Lili'uokalani?
 
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I've seen Marie Curie mentioned enough times that I'd be willing to bet that she will be the "Polish leader" (if we even get one. please please please please let us get one.)

She is not only a very well known Pole, but also elegantly solves the problem of where should Exploration Poland/Commonwealth go to - France! (though I would also accept Austria-Hungary)

So, she's not only a leader I would like - she's also one I think is very likely to happen. I sort of wonder who else can be placed in the latter bag. Maybe Irene of Athens or Anna Komnena? Lili'uokalani?
Probably much better of a choice for a female, Polish leader to Modern Poles than, say, Wanda Wasilewska As I said, Lil'uokalani has a dubious legacy.
 
I've seen Marie Curie mentioned enough times that I'd be willing to bet that she will be the "Polish leader" (if we even get one. please please please please let us get one.)

She is not only a very well known Pole, but also elegantly solves the problem of where should Exploration Poland/Commonwealth go to - France! (though I would also accept Austria-Hungary)
I am not too hot for Marie Curie, but I would be perfectly fine with her. (I prefer Nobel and Newton as scientist leaders).

Emilia Plater's name has been thrown around a few times and I'm growing warmer to that option if we really want a female Polish leader.
 
Not a whole lot. Abigail Adams would be a much better choice for a First Lady leader.

First ladies don't really need to *do* anything.
Jackie is iconic and beloved, and almost certainly more than any other First Lady.
The Kennedy administration was Camelot, in which case she served as its Guinevere - the Lady who serves as the object of loyalty and affection for her lord's subjects

Moreover, she'd essentially function as a stand in for JFK, being included instead of him in order to get more female Leaders in the game
Given that, her abilities could just be whatever would have been given to JFK were he a Leader
 
While there's no doubting Jackie's iconic-ness, I don't think "functions as a stand in" is a great starting place for a leader. I'd imagine JFK as a leader focused on military and diplomacy, but his wife would be culture-focused.

Eleanor Roosevelt (returning from Civ2!) would be my pick though if forced to choose a First Lady leader though.
 
Jackie is iconic and beloved
Moreover, she'd essentially function as a stand in for JFK
Yeah, I don't want either of them. I think leaders need better qualifications than a pretty face, qualifications which neither of the Kennedys have. America has not only had presidents with actual talent, it's also had First Ladies with actual talent. Abigail Adams set policy and engaged in public politics--half a century before the suffrage movement developed any momentum.
 
It's okay, Civ10 will have Ronald Reagan instead. :mwaha: (8 & 9 will feature Jefferson and MLK respectively)
 
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