Biographical Data Empress Wu is also known as Wu Hou, Wu Chao, Wu Zetian, or Wu Tsê T’ien (“Emulator of Heaven”). She was born in the year of 625 AD. She was born and raised in China during the Tang dynasty. Empress Wu was the daughter of Wu Shih-Huo, a rich and noble merchant at the time. The Tang Dynasty was a time of relative freedom for woman. Since Empress Wu lived during that period …showed first 75 words of 1403 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1403 total…women from the history of China. I don’t think the life of women, ladies, and/or girls today would have been any better or worse because all of what Empress Wu did is in the past. The affects that she had on people were only from her time. Today, women have more power and choices so I don’t think any women would kill the president and try to establish herself as the president.