If you are interested in strong women in history who are relatively unknown in the English-speaking world, you might enjoy my latest blog post (link below) on Empress Dowager Senshi, who lived in the late 10th century. She was known as "the mother of the nation" - called that by a nobleman of the time who complained about her in his diary.

https://kvshanahan.com/blog/f/imperia...

I'll be posting an update soon about my upcoming novel, a sequel to Tangled Spirits!