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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.
The first woman was elected to lead a country 64 years ago. Here’s a look at where, and when, women have secured national leadership positions since then.
Trade unionist, women's activist and important contributor to the Equal Pay for Equal Work decision: 1875–1939: Millicent Preston-Stanley: Australia: 1883: 1955: First female member of the NSW Legislative Assembly; campaigned for the custodial rights of mothers in divorce and women's healthcare: 1875–1939: Lorine Livingston Pruette: United ...
At the time the case was heard, it was considered one of the most important sex-discrimination cases since the passage of Title VII. [286] In Robinson v. Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc., a Florida district court judge rules that "pictures of nude and partially nude women" placed throughout the workplace do constitute sexual harassment. [287]
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.
Joan Wagnon was born Oct. 17, 1940, in Arkansas. Among the titles she held during her career were Kansas state representative (1983-1994 for District 55), Topeka's first female mayor (1997-2001 ...
Anderson writes, "All women are disproportionately at risk in the current foreclosure crisis, since women are 32% more likely than men to have subprime mortgages (One-third of women, compared to one-fourth of men, have subprime mortgages; and, the disparity between women and men increases in higher income brackets)" (Anderson 265).
Women have made major strides in the workplace -- in the U.S., women now represent 47% of the workforce, according to the latest stats from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Yet, North American women...