There have only been 10 female monarchs in British history who 
acceded to the throne in their own right. Dr. Ann McGlashan will 
tell the stories of 4 of them. Mathilda, whose fight for her rightful 
place on the English throne ignited civil war in 1135; Mary, 
Queen of Scots and her cousin, Elizabeth I of England, whose 
16th century lives tell the story of religious strife, ultimately 
bringing about the union of the two crowns; and Queen Anne, 
the last of the Stuart monarchs, who oversaw the union of the 
parliaments of England and Scotland in 1707.