Nzinga and Yaa Asantewa are ancient African Queens. They are queens that symbolize strength, power, and leadership. Both of these women were African Queens and lead their people in the right direction. They also had power and were well respected by everyone else. Adopting these names would mean that a woman would try to be like these women and be strong, powerful and lead with dignity.
Hatshepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, and second confirmed female pharaoh. She ordered that she be depicted as a male on all paintings. She was an ambitious pharaoh and was known for her great building projects like the temple at Deir el-Bahri. During whole reign she constantly had to prove her legitimacy as pharaoh, this is most likely