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1. Women Presidents and Prime Ministers Who was the world's first woman president? Isabel Peron of Argentina earned that title more than three decades ago, but she can't claim the title of the world's first elected female head of state. That position was filled in 1960, and since then doze...
2. Corazon Aquino Corazon Aquino was the first woman president of the Philippines and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. She served as the president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 after her bloodless "People Power" revolution led to the ouster of former rule...
3. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo In 2001, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became the second woman to be swept into the Philippine Presidency by a peaceful People Power revolution. She was re-elected in 2004, winning with one million votes over her closest opponent.
4. Portia Simpson Miller Portia Simpson Miller stepped into the history books in 2006 when she became Jamaica's first woman prime minister, serving from March 2006 to September 2007. In 2006, Forbes Magazine ranked her #89 on their list of the world's 100 most powerful women...
5. Isabel Peron In 1974, Isabel Person of Argentina became not only the youngest Latin American head of state, but the first woman ever to be elected president anywhere in the world.
6. Wise Women of the World Wise Women know they are the power in their lives and that they have the ability to achieve any goal they desire. Wise Women deserve respect and attention for who they are and who they inspire others to be.
7. Benazir Bhutto When Benazir Bhutto was first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan at 35, she became the youngest chief executive in the world and the first woman elected ruler of a Muslim country in modern history. She served two non-consecutive terms, but later was...
8. Pratibha Devisingh Patil Pratibha Devisingh Patil stepped into the history books on July 25, 2007 when she was sworn in as the first woman president of India.
9. Golda Meir Golda Meir was the first (and, so far, only) woman prime minister to lead Israel and only the third woman in the world to hold the post in any country. She became PM in 1969, but resigned from the office in 1974 over discontent over her handling of t...
10. Indira Gandhi Indira Gandhi was India's first female prime minister and part of a family political dynasty that included her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, her son, Rajiv Gandhi and her daugher-in-law, Sonia Gandhi. She served four terms before being assassinated.
11. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf made history in 2005 when she was voted the first female president of an African country - Liberia. Ellen was born in Monrovia, Liberia in 1938. Ellen's parents were the first generation in their families to receive an education...
12. Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Harlem Brundtland was the first woman prime minister of Norway and the former director general of the World Health Organization.
13. Helen Clark Helen Clark was the popular prime minister of New Zealand who served three terms, from 1999 to 2008. Clark's Labour Party lost the general election to the National Party and was was replaced by Philip Goff.
14. Angela Merkel Forbes Magazine named her the most powerful woman in the world. Indeed, as the first female chancellor of Germany and only the third woman to serve on the G8, she's a lady with a lot of power.
15. Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States and the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Since leaving office, he has become a bestselling author and continued to work for peace and justice.