Indira Gandhi (India), Empress Myeongseong (Korea), Queen

Indira Gandhi (India), Empress Myeongseong (Korea), Queen Hatshepsut (Africa).

Indira Gandhi, Empress Myeongseong, and Queen Hatshepsut

Indira Gandhi, Empress Myeongseong, and Queen Hatshepsut represent three female iconic figures in different societies at unique historical times. Indira Gandhi, as one of the most influential women, through the role she played in her attempts to transform the political and social situation in the Indian society. Queen Hatshepsut is one of the female pharaohs who managed to rule the country of Egypt at the expense of male counterparts in the society. In the Egyptian history, she is the most remembered female pharaoh following her qualities during her era. Empress Myeongseong is an iconic figure in the history of Japan. She is considered an iron woman in the ancient Japan based on her tough moves whenever her rule was threatened.

Differences in the way Indira, Myeongseong, and Hatshepsut ran their societies

The three iconic females in unique societies differ in the capacities they served during their era in their ancient societies. Indira Gandhi in the Indian history used the party formula to impose her authority on the society. During her era, she joined congress party in order to champion for the rights of the less unfortunate members in the society. Because of lack of clear vision in the fight for social and economic justice within the society, she decided to follow her dreams by forming another party as split from the original congress party.

Through this party, she served her society as a prime minister. Hatshepsut in Egypt adopted a different scenario in her role as a leader in the ancient society. She served as a pharaoh in the land of Egypt. She used divine powers to rise to the throne, which she held until her fateful disappearance from the society. Myeongseong served the Japanese society as a queen unlike the other two female icons from India and Egypt. In the presence of men and women, in the ancient Japanese society, Myeongseong represented her country in all matters from the political to social relations as a queen

In the process of serving their communities, the three female icons adopted different method in order to impose their rules on their subjects. Hatshepsut in her method to impose authority over the ancient Egyptian subjects adopted manly qualities such as male physicality, growing of beards and men dress code. Her behavior was also man like in order to exert her authority over both male and female members of the society. This supplemented her tough rule of law she applied without consideration one's social, economic or political background. Indira and Myeongseong in ancient Indian and Japanese societies respectively did not apply any manly behavior or characteristics in their service to the society.

In her rule of the ancient Japanese society, Myeongseong adopted alliances in order to suppress rebellions in her society. This is noted by the alliances formed by the Russian society in order to prevent the fall of her society from within. Hatshepsut and Indira majorly used the society resources in order to suppress their respective uprisings. They adopted personal and societal measures to deal with problems that faced their societies during their reigns.

Similarities on the way Indira, Myeongseong, and Hatshepsut used to rule their societies

Indira, Myeongseong, and Hatshepsut applied iron-faced system of the ruling during the eras in the Indian, Japanese, and Egyptian, ancient societies respectively. The women are considered no-nonsense women due to their dictatorial and radical system of administration as a way of imposing their authority on their respective subjects. In her role as the leader of India, Indira Gandhi led her country into wars against Pakistan.

Her radical nature is based on the radical changes she brought to the agricultural sector in the Indian society. Hatshepsut also in her reign of the ancient Egyptian society led her community into wars with bordering communities as a show of her war leadership abilities. Empress Myeongseong led her troops against any rebellious group that advocated for the expansion of the Japanese territory across the international borders, hence considered as an obstacle to the expansion of the society in which she was the leader.

Indira, Myeongseong, and Hatshepsut suppressed rebellions within their respective societies using iron or murder. Indira, during her reign as the prime minister of Indian society, ordered the attack of the temple that housed the Muslims and the Monks that were rebelling against her rule

. This led to the killing of most of the occupants of the temple showing her method of the administering authority over her subjects. Myeongseong reign in the Japanese ancient society is characterized with numerous cases of assignations and murder from the authority side of the society. In ancient Egypt under the reign of Hatshepsut, rebellious individuals were put down by the essence of sword. This was done to prevent future riots or rebellions in the ancient societies led by the three iconic females in the history of Japan, Egypt, and India.

Differences in how, Indira, Myeongseong, and Hatshepsut were worshipped in their respective societies

Indira Gandhi is considered as a goddess among the Indian community. Representative cow/calf in most of the worshipping places shows this in the Indian society. Myeongseong and Hatshepsut, on the other hand, is not considered goddesses, in their respective societies, after their reign in the ancient societies, in their countries' histories. The importance accorded to their contribution based on religion determines the level of worship attached to the female icons several years after their reign.

Indira Gandhi and Hatshepsut are considered influential leaders in the attempts they forged to ensure the expansion of their respective societies

. They advocated for conquest of communities that bordered their societies in order to increase their subject coverage and workforce to serve the community to the better. This method made the two be worshipped as key members of the society who played a decisive role to ensure that the country reached its set goals and objectives. Myeongseong was considered an obstacle to the expansion of the Japanese ancient society by the formation of alliances with the Russian community to prevent the move by the rebels in her community. This view was transmitted to the other generation through the study of history and religion thus was never accorded that significant role in religion as the other two female icons.

The other difference on the way the three were worshipped is based on the monuments used. Indians used the calf/cow representation to represent the Indira goddess among the community. Shrines is also decorated in remembrance of the Indian iconic figure in Indira as a show of her contribution to the ancient Indian society. The Egyptians use built mortuary temple in memory of Hatshepsut. The temple is used to worship the contributions made by their famous female pharaoh in the history of ancient Egypt. Myeongseong is worshipped through the sword that was used to assassinate her highness. This shows the level of adoration the female icon received during her reign as a queen in the ancient Japanese society.