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Nov 2024
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10 First Women World Leaders

Lindsay Holiday
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Who were the first 10 non-royal women elected or appointed to be Head of State (President) or Head of Government (Prime Minister)?

1. Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Chair of the Presidium of Little Khural of the Tuvan People’s Republic 1940

2. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1960

3. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India 1966

4. Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel 1969

5. Isabel Perón, President of Argentina 1974

6. Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic 1975

7. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the UK 1979

8. Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Prime Minister of Portugal 1979

9. Lidia Gueiler Tejada, President of Bolivia 1979

10. Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica 1980

Plus:

2. 10 Longest Serving Women Leaders

3. Why it's taken so long

4. Nations with the most (and no) women leaders

5. Women Leaders and happiness

6. Historic trends in women's leadership

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