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Mahima Kakani
Ji Won Lee
Jacqueline Zhang
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used this medium to collaborate online so that we all had a constant connection to our
research in order to make additions and edits.
After conducting preliminary research and examining the possible interpretations
of the theme, we developed our thesis: Queen Elizabeth the Firsts ability to reconcile
femininity with sovereignty allowed her to overcome the social misogyny that existed
within English and foreign politics. The queen sacrificed the typical duties of a woman
for that of a sovereign by exchanging the expectation of a political marriage with her
devotion to the English people. Queen Elizabeth encountered domestic and foreign
resistance to her power as monarch due to the ubiquitous patriarchal societal standards.
She also met opposition from Puritans and Catholics while engaging in religious reforms.
The queen explored her options during the Spanish Armada and was able to protect
England by defeating the Spanish. She manipulated courtships to instigate short-term
foreign alliances that were beneficial to England during times of foreign conquest and
religious reform. Queen Elizabeth I was a truly revolutionary leader who ruled without a
king and used the contrived weakness of being female to benefit England through novel
political maneuvers.