Sharon L. Jansen is the author of Mary Astel: A Serious Proposal to the Ladies; Reading Women's Worlds from Christine de Pizan to Doris Lessing; Debating Women, Politics, and Power in Early Modern Europe; Anne of France: Lessons for My Daughter; and The Monstrous Regiment of Women: Female Rulers in Early Modern Europe. Find her online at www.sharonljansen.com.