Queendom is a Word!

The OED tells me that queendom has been in use since 1603, which is the year that Queen Elizabeth I died.

Why couldn't it have been in use during the forty-five years of her reign?

I have learned so much lately about scientific discoveries made by women, and I seem only to learn about them when looking in a figurative rearview mirror. The literal rearview mirror, by the way, was invented in 1909 by Dorothy Levitt.

It was a surprise to me as well. Here is a page from Levitt's book, The Woman and the Car (you can find the whole book here). Please click this image for a larger view of necessities for travel. You will see that a mirror is on top of the list.

I found this information on this page of Trey and Monica's Adventures in California History.