I think I would be Queen Elizabeth the First. She was quite cunning, as I understand it.

I had first thought of such iconic women as Mae West, (because she didn’t care what anyone thought of her behavior and because she lived her life bravely– like a man,) Golda Meir, (because she was one of the first women world leaders, led her fellow Israelis through a horrible time in history and she did it with aplomb) and Marilyn Monroe (most likely because she died just a couple of days before I was born.)

I finally decided that I would want to be Julia Child. She single-handedly changed the way Americans thought of well prepared food, and we all eat better because of her work. She got to travel, learn, teach and write throughout her life. She made a pretty penny doing what she loved, too. I suppose this is some sort of occupation-related decision, really.

Unfortunately most chefs don’t make a lot of money, unless they spend more time collecting recipies and putting them in books and promoting themselves than actually cooking. Not that I’d mind traveling all over the world, eating at the best restaurants in whatever city I was in and appearing on television to cook something simple in ten minutes or less. I could handle that very nicely, thank you. In fact, please!

Didn’t die extremely early or in an awful way.

Oh ;) In that case Queen Liliuokalani of Hawai’i. Strong woman, defending her people.

And yes, I would marry Wendy again even if I were … her! ;-)

Or maybe Cleopatra – all that power :)

I would personally go for being the Queen in a game of chess – The most powerful piece in the game!

JC

but that might just be because I’ve been watching a lot of Joan of Arcadia. Which I do recomend even if the second season isn’t as good as the first.

She did wonders for women in aviation. She did die somewhat early, but to hell with that guideline, only the good die young.

Apparently, information about the final resting place of her plane is forthcoming, researchers supposedly have a very good idea of where to look and are closing in.

At the risk of being sexist here, for most people, one of the most important people in the world is your mom. So I guess the answer would be that if I were blessed with kids I would want to be an outstanding mom, period, end of sentence.

Spy. Geek. Inventor. Actress.

She escaped from Nazi Germany, invented spread spectrum wireless technology and was known as the most beautiful woman in the world.

She made a positive and lasting contribution to the world – Bluetooth is a direct result of her invention. She led a pleasant enjoyable life once she got to the States. She died of natural causes in Orlando, Florida just six years ago.