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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.
Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett and Jennifer Coolidge — all women who are 60 or older — had a big night at the Golden Globe Awards.. Each star won in her category on Tuesday, Jan. 10, a striking ...
Shannon Finney/Getty Images; Warner Bros. The 81st annual Golden Globes are officially kicking off the 2024 awards season on Sunday, January 7, with Hollywood’s hottest stars stepping out for ...
List of the first women holders of political offices in Europe; List of the first women holders of political offices in North America; List of the first women holders of political offices in Oceania; List of the first women holders of political offices in South America; List of Muslim women heads of state and government; List of the first women ...
Lawrence Martin (born 1948), The Globe and Mail; Don Macpherson (1947), Montreal Gazette; Doug Saunders (born 1967), The Globe and Mail; Jeffrey Simpson (born 1949), The Globe and Mail; Mark Steyn (born 1959), The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph; Ellie Tesher (born 1941), Toronto Star, Chicago Sun-Times; Margaret Wente (born 1950), The Globe and ...
Environmentalist Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an impressive feat in and of itself.What's even more admirable was her work in science, a field in which women faced many obstacles, as well as the time she spent getting her Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT– well, almost.
Utah women citizens voted in municipal elections that spring and a general election on August 1, beating Wyoming women to the polls. [28] The women's suffrage law was later repealed as part of the Edmunds–Tucker Act in 1887. May 10, 1872, New York City: Equal Rights Party nominates Victoria C. Woodhull as their candidate for US President.
March 12, 1994: The first women were ordained as Church of England priests; 32 women were ordained together. [88] [89] 1992: First women ordained as priests in the Anglican Church of Australia. 1996: On 21 December 1996 Gloria Shipp was the first Aboriginal woman ordained as priest in the Anglican Church of Australia