Queen Elizabeth 1

I respect Queen Elizabeth I because she never married under pressure. She wanted love before Jane Austen ever wrote a thing about it and how could anyone not respect that?

because she sounds very nice

A better question would be why wouldn’t i admire this woman? If you know anything about Queen Elizabeth I you know of her troubles coming to the throne, her ballsy, in your face attitude and her refusal to do things that she didn’t want to do- like get married. Elizabeth coped with alot of troubles in her life, she is said to have had lovers such as Dudley, who she wanted to marry but since it would have caused great upset in her country, she did not. In a time when women were supposed to stay quiet and marry a good husband to do all the ‘royal work’, Elizabeth broke through the mould by refusing to marry and having sole control over her country. She wasn’t popular at first because of her religious background and un-lady like attitude but she soon gained support with her witty comments and total comitement to her people. Elizabeth’s sister and father who had both ruled before her had left the country in near disaster with religious wars, extreme debt and angry people. Elizabeth set the country up for great success and even promoted the dramatic arts such as Shakespeare. She was everything a ruler should be, the fact that she was a woman just makes it all the sweeter… and people say we’re too emotional to rule? Take a look through a history book boys.

Everything a queen should be.

We have the same birthday. Although she’s a year or two older, I think.

I just watched a movie on the queen and I was touched by her lustful and youthful desires… She was tough, but fair. More women should assumer her mentality….. Go ELIZABETH!!!!

I admire QE1 for her gutsiness and her My Way or The Highway attitude. In the days when women play a more submissive role in society, the ballsy queen redefined the role of a leader by inspiring her army, growing her fleet, revamping the English banking system, stremlining the church and promoted the arts (William Shakespeare, The Globe Theater). Although famously known as the Virgin Queen, QE1 is committed to her country and her people. She was a role model and continues to be one for women and leaders of today.