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The phenomenon of actors becoming politicians is seen across the world, with many leveraging their public recognition, communication skills, and charisma to influence public policy and achieve electoral success. While most began as actors and transitioned to politics, some started as politicians and later pursued acting careers.
Native American women in politics (162 P) + American Samoan women in politics (1 C, 17 P) Guamanian women in politics (1 C, 42 P)
The criteria for inclusion in this category are that both a person's acting and a person's political career would meet Wikipedia's notability criteria independently. For an actor to be included in this category, they should notably have been elected or ran for public office or had a notable political appointment (such as an U.S. ambassadorship or presidential cabinet position).
They were the first women voted for as candidates for president at the national convention of a major American political party. [9] Former Wyoming Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross was a candidate for vice president at the 1928 Democratic National Convention. Her name was mentioned as a potential candidate as early as 1927, and the possibility of her ...
American women in politics (23 C, 68 P) D. American women diplomats (1 C, 183 P) S. American women political scientists (407 P) Pages in category "American political ...
'Someone who was special' Harris, 59, and Pelosi, 84, come from different political generations, but both have bridged San Francisco’s long activist tradition and its old-school local Democratic ...
The five new women were Democrats Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Republican Deb Fischer of Nebraska. Hirono was the first Asian-American woman and first Buddhist in the Senate, and Baldwin was the first openly gay person in the Senate.
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.