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As prime minister, she would keep a portrait of Hodgkin at 10 Downing Street. [21] Later in life, she was reportedly prouder of becoming the first prime minister with a science degree than becoming the first female prime minister. [24] While prime minister she attempted to preserve Somerville as a women's college. [25]
In 1905, the post of prime minister was officially given recognition in the order of precedence, [9] with the incumbent Henry Campbell-Bannerman the first officially referred to as "prime minister". The first prime minister of the current United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland upon its creation in 1922 (when 26 Irish counties ...
She gained intense media attention as Britain's first female prime minister, and was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century. [1] Her premiership ended when she withdrew from the 1990 Conservative leadership election .
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.
First female Commons Government Whip. Harriet Slater, Labour MP, 1964–66 [3] First female Lords Government Whip. Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, Labour Lords Chief Whip, 1973–82; First female Prime Minister. Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Prime Minister 1979–90; First female foreign secretary
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland (2009–2013): As prime minister, she was the world's first openly lesbian world leader, first female world leader to wed a same-sex partner while in office. Elizabeth II , United Kingdom (1952–2022): In 2015, she became the longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state in world history.
The United Kingdom has had three female Prime Ministers: Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990), Theresa May (2016–2019), and Liz Truss (2022). The publication of the book Women in the House by Elizabeth Vallance in 1979 highlighted the under-representation of women in Parliament. [ 1 ]
May was the second female British prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher, and the first woman to have held two of the Great Offices of State. May is a one-nation conservative . May grew up in Oxfordshire and attended St Hugh's College, Oxford .