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1. Lisadh Lensography Squidoo is addicting! I started out with a few lenses and no real expectations almost two years ago. Now here I am, a Giant 100 Squid with more than 200 lenses, a nice supplemental income, and a few awards I never expected, including being nominated...
2. 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...
3. 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...
4. 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.
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. 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...
7. Mary McAleese Former law professor Mary McAleese is the first woman to succeed another as president, and is Ireland's current head of state. She took over leadership of the country from Mary Robinson. In 2008, she was ranked #74 on the Forbes list of most powerful...
8. 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.
9. 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...
10. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, First Woman Prime Minister in the World Long before Margaret Thatcher became one of the most powerful women in the world, before Angela Merkel became a household name and even before Indira Gandhi and Golda Meir took the helm of their countries, Sirimavo Bandaranaike made history in 1960 b...
11. Michelle Bachelet In 2006, Michelle Bachelet beat billionaire and former senator Sebastian Pinera in a runoff to become Chile's first female president.
12. 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.
13. Strength out of suffering - France Pastorelli France Pastorelli tells her moving story: that of a mother, a musician, whose life turned to deep suffering because of heart problems. She turned her illness into a source of deep wisdom. Whether are ill or not, this book will give you insight into t...
14. 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.
15. 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...
16. Jenny Shipley Before Helen Clark became PM of New Zealand, Jenny Shipley blazed the trail as the first woman prime minister of that country, serving as the National Party PM from 1997 - 1999.
17. 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...
18. Christian Business Women Welcome to the lens for Christian women who do business.  Get some great ideas, do some networking, and just have a great time. Maybe you work at home with your homebased business. You might be an entrepreneur or online marketing speci...
19. Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Harlem Brundtland was the first woman prime minister of Norway and the former director general of the World Health Organization.
20. 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.