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Political, monarchial and social leaders

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Alexandra Kollontai, appointed as the Soviet Union Ambassador to Norway, was the world's first female ambassador.

Tansu Çiller, first Turkish female prime minister

Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile

Nancy Pelosi is the first female to be the American Speaker of the House

Harriet Tubman was a major figure in the Underground Railroad

Political

In both OECD societies and in some other societies women have been assuming higher positions of authority in elective republics since 1960. -Examples of women premiers have included:

• Michelle Bachelet -- First female President of Chile
• Sirimavo Bandaranaike -- First female Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, and the worlds first female prime minister
• Benazir Bhutto - First female Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Kim Campbell - First female Prime Minister of Canada
• Violeta Chamorro - First elected female President of Nicaragua and all of Latin America
• Eugenia Charles - First female Prime Minister of Dominica and all of the Carribean
• Tansu Çiller - First female Prime Minister of Turkey
• Helen Clark - first elected female Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Vigdís Finnbogadóttir - First elected female President of Iceland and the worlds first female president
• Indira Gandhi - First female Prime Minister of India
• Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf - First female president in Africa, heading Liberia
• Golda Meir - A Founder of the State of Israel
• Angela Merkel - First female Chancellor of Germany
• Jenny Shipley - First female Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Margaret Thatcher - First female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Khaleda Zia - First female Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Monarchial

The following are examples of rulers in history. In contrast to the above mentioned leaders in electoral political systems they were hereditary monarchs, as were other rulers of their day.

In ancient history:

• Hatsheput
• Theodora (6th century)

In the modern era:

• Elizabeth I
• Maria Theresa of Austria
• Catherine II
• Victoria
• Empress Wu Zetian
• Empress Ci Xi
• Queen Liliuokalani

Social

In addition to national rulers there have been women that have had a significant effect on the welfare of many people:

• Harriet Tubman
• Margaret Sanger
• Eleanor Roosevelt

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