With the hypothesis that the next political elections on September 25 will bring a woman to the government, report the investigation curated by the French political journalist Anne Fulda which analyzes the great female characters of the past, from Cleopatra to Elizabeth I to Merkel. Talking about it is ‘The Messenger’, recalling that these are exceptional figures who for the most part have never sought power based on gender equality, or in the name of female emancipation. From Margaret Thatcher to Angela Merkel, from Cleopatra to Elizabeth I, examples, contemporary and otherwise, abound.