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  2. List of elected and appointed female heads of state and ...

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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.

  3. Timeline of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1845: Lowell Female Labor Reform Association opened in 1845 as the first major labor union. [7] 1848: The Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention, is held in Seneca Falls, New York. [4] 1855: New York Women's Hospital opened in 1855 as the first hospital solely devoted to ailments affiliated with women. [8]

  4. List of American women's firsts - Wikipedia

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    Sheila Widnall became the first woman ever to serve as leader of a branch of the United States Armed Forces, and as such the first woman to serve as Secretary of the Air Force; she served under President Bill Clinton. [4] 1994 Beverly Harvard became first black female police chief of a major city (Atlanta, Georgia) in the United States. [219]

  5. History of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 1920s saw the emergence of the co-ed, as women began attending large state colleges and universities. Women entered into the mainstream middle-class experience, but took on a gendered role within society. Women typically took classes such as home economics, "Husband and Wife", "Motherhood" and "The Family as an Economic Unit".

  6. What 25 major world leaders and dictators looked like when ...

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    Check the pictures out below. Editor's Note: This post was inspired by an earlier feature written by former Business Insider reporter Mike Bird. 25 world leaders and dictators when they were young

  7. List of first women mayors in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1926. Mattle Chandler, first woman mayor of Richmond, California [35] 1928. May B. Hopkins, first woman mayor of Redondo Beach, California [36] 1929. Emily Jones, first woman elected mayor of Eureka, California [37] 1931. Julia Platt, first woman elected mayor of Pacific Grove, California [38] 1941. Helen Lawrence, first female mayor of San ...

  8. The HERoes Top 100 Female Future Leaders 2021 - AOL

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    The 2021 HERoes Future Female Leaders list celebrates 100 inspirational women who are not yet senior leaders in an organisation but are making a significant contribution to gender diversity at work.

  9. List of women's firsts - Wikipedia

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    Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland (2009–2013): As prime minister, she was the world's first openly lesbian world leader, first female world leader to wed a same-sex partner while in office. Elizabeth II, United Kingdom (1952–2022): In 2015, she became the longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state in world history.