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The following is a list of female U.S. presidential and vice presidential nominees and invitees. Nominees are candidates nominated or otherwise selected by political parties for particular offices. Listed as nominees or nomination candidates are those women who achieved ballot access in at least one state (or, before the institution of ...
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] The ...
John Adams was inaugurated as the second president of the United States on March 4, 1797, in Philadelphia at the age of 61. [7] Abigail was not present at her husband's inauguration as she was tending to his dying 89-year-old mother. [7] When John was elected President of the United States, Abigail continued a formal pattern of entertaining. [21]
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
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Israel elected its first female prime minister in 1969 but has never done so again. The United States, on the other hand, has had no female presidents. [18] Sri Lanka was the first nation to possess a female president, Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994–2000), and a female prime minister (Sirimavo Bandaranaike) simultaneously. This also marked the ...
Category listing female national presidents in North America. In the border regions of the continent there may be instances of transcontinental countries. Subcategories
It was still the most common name for women and girls in the United States in the 1990 census. [4] Mary first fell below the top 100 most popular names in 2009. However, according to the Social Security Administration , Mary is the seventh most common given name in the United States, with 2.16 million individuals bearing this name as of 2023.