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Towards the end of her reign she became increasingly despotic, even going so far as to reverse her earlier stance and shut down private presses that were critical of her.
Bibliography: Cavallo, Francesca and Elena Favilli. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women. Canada: Timbuktu Labs, Inc., 2016. Print.
Doyle, Caitlin. Girls Can Do Anything: From Sports to Innovation, Art to Politics, Meet Over 200 Women Who Got There First. Buffalo: Firefly Books, 2016. Print.
Krull, Kathleen. Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought). Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2000. Print.
Smith, Douglas. “Catherine II of Russia.” The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2008, 294-296.
Blakemore, Erin. (2019, November 1). Idealistic and tough, Catherine the Great sought to modernize Russia. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/who-was-catherine-great?
Doyle, Caitlin. Girls Can Do Anything: From Sports to Innovation, Art to Politics, Meet Over 200 Women Who Got There First. Buffalo: Firefly Books, 2016. Print.
Krull, Kathleen. Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought). Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2000. Print.
Smith, Douglas. “Catherine II of Russia.” The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2008, 294-296.
Blakemore, Erin. (2019, November 1). Idealistic and tough, Catherine the Great sought to modernize Russia. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/who-was-catherine-great?
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