Queen Named Top Female Role Model of the Past 100 Years in U.K. Survey

Queen Elizabeth II has been voted the most influential female role model of the

past 100 years in a survey conducted by Good Housekeeping magazine in the U.K.

Some 34 percent of readers identified the 96-year-old monarch as having been the most

influential woman in the survey, which marked the magazine's centenary.

The result comes as the Queen celebrates her historic platinum jubilee this year, having

marked becoming the first British sovereign to reign for 70 years with a weekend of celebrations in early June.

A survey undertaken to mark the centenary issue of "Good Housekeeping" found that

women in Britain look up to the queen more than any other female role model. Photographed June 28, 2022.

To celebrate its centenary milestone Good Housekeeping commissioned a survey of 2,451 women,