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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.
See Category:American women in business, Category:American women in politics. Jewel Freeman Graham (1925–2015), educator, social worker, second black woman to head the YWCA; Zipporah Michelbacher Cohen (1853–1944), American civic leader, president Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Association in Richmond, Virginia
Leader of the Socialist Group and of any major party – Pauline Green – 1994 [7] Co Vice-President of the European Commission – Loyola de Palacio – 1999 [8] First Vice-President of the European Commission – Margot Wallström – 2004 [9] High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy – Catherine Ashton ...
The first woman to become leader of an African country was Elisabeth Domitien, who was appointed prime minister of the Central African Republic in 1975. ... “You see more examples of diverse ...
She was the first woman, and the third person overall, to assume the powers and duties of the presidency as acting president of the United States. [ 200 ] [ 201 ] [ 202 ] As early as December 2021, Harris was identified as playing a pivotal role in the Biden administration owing to her tie-breaking vote in the evenly divided Senate as well as ...
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was the second woman nominated for vice president by a major party and the first woman nominated by a Republican National Convention. She and her running mate, Arizona Senator John McCain , lost the 2008 United States presidential election to their Democratic challengers, Illinois Senator Barack Obama and Delaware ...
She was the sole African American woman officially a part of the US delegation that created the United Nations charter, [2] and she held a leadership position for the American Women's Voluntary Services founded by Alice Throckmorton McLean. [2] Bethune wrote prolifically, publishing in several periodicals from 1924 to 1955.
Anna Mae Violet McCabe was born on February 16, 1920, in Buffalo, New York, the middle of three children. [3] [2] Her father was Daniel Joseph McCabe (1881–1939), [4] and her mother was the former Matie Florence Humphrey (1885–1961), [5] [6] who was of Welsh descent; [7] both her parents were officers of The Salvation Army. [2]