Enheduana of Sumer

Enheduana of Sumer is a very important person in ancient Mesopotamia’s history.  Enheduana was the daughter of Sagon “the greatest of all the Akkadian Kings”.  She was not an only child.   She had twin brothers, which was rare back then.  Enheduana was very lucky to be able to learn how to read and write because usually girls back then where not educated mostly only men where.  Enheduana was very good at writing.   In fact, she was the first know best selling author and the first known author to sign her own work.  Enheduana was very responsible and her father saw that in her as she grew older.   When she became a teen, he made her the high priestess to Nanna.  She kept that job for about 25 years.  That was a hard duty because Enheduana had to move away from her home to Ur, a city in Mesopotamia, to live in the ziggurat which is like a church.  Over her life she wrote poetry.   We know it was her work because her name was signed to it.  We also know her work was very popular because there has been over 50 of the same poems found with her name signed.  In conclusion, women were just a capable of reading and writing thousands of years ago.  Enheduana proved this when given the opportunity to learn.