Queen appoints first 'woman in tights' to Britain's parliament
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Upholding law and order in the "Mother of All Parliaments" is now woman's work, after Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday approved the appointment of the House of Commons first female serjeant at arms.
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Denmark&#39;s Mianne Bagger yesterday made history by becoming the first transsexual woman to earn a place on the on next year&#39;s Robe di Kappa Ladies&#39; European Tour.
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The first female president of India since independence is due to take her oath of office in Delhi.
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A 42-year-old Scottish woman became the  first female &quot;Beefeater&quot; on Monday, taking up her post as a  guardian of Britain&#39;s Tower of London.
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A senior British Cabinet minister has sparked fury by saying that Muslim women who wore full veils made community relations more difficult.
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LONDON  - Britain appointed its first black High Court judge on Thursday and she predicted she would be "the first of many."
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The UK opens a national centre for women scientists, engineers and technologists to combat under-representation in the field.
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A female councillor who was born a man and fathered two children has been sworn in as Britain&#39;s first transsexual mayor.
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South Korean National Assembly Monday approved the appointment of the nation&#39;s first female Supreme Court justice, reported South Korean Yonhap News Agency.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth launches her own channel on the video-sharing website YouTube.
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and Britain&#39;s Minister of Culture, Media and Sport Tessa Jowell (2nd R) sit at the launch of the bid document for the 2012 games in London Friday Nov. 19.
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Queen Elizabeth II has moved up 23 places on the Forbes list of the most powerful women in the world due to the positive way she has tried to modernise the British royal family, the magazine said Friday.
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A 42-year-old Scottish woman became the first female "Beefeater" on Monday, taking up her post as a guardian of Britain's Tower of London.
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Can S&#201;gol&#200;ne Royal's feminine campaigning style get her elected to France's top job?
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India&#39;s first female president, Pratibha Patil, will be sworn in on Wednesday as head of state of the world&#39;s largest democracy.
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A profile of Britain's new "first lady" Sarah Brown, wife of new prime minister Gordon Brown.
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NEW DELHI, July 21 -- Lawmakers elected India's first female president, officials announced Saturday, in a vote seen as a step forward for the millions of Indian women and girls who face bitter discrimination in everyday life.