Government



First black woman in US Seneate
Carol Elizabeth Modeley Braun, lllonois (1992)

First woman nominated for president of the US by a major political party
Margaret Chase Smith, Maine, at the republican national convention in San Francisco (1964)

World’s first woman prime minister
Sirimavo Bandaranaike, prime minister of Sri Lanka. She is the first woman to be elected the head of state (1960)

First woman president in the world
Isabel Peron, Argentina (1974)

First democratically elected woman head if the state
Vigdls FinnbogadUttir, President of Iceland (1980

First woman prime minister of Israel
Golda Meir. She is the first Jewish woman prime minister (1964)

First woman president of the Philippines
Corazon Aquino. She is the first Philippine president not to seek a second term (1986)

First woman prime minister of Canada
Kim Campbell (1993)

First woman chancellor of Germany
Dr. Angela Merkel (2005)

First woman prime minister of India
Indira Gandhi (1996)