which country was the first to have a female president or prime minister?
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If you are talking about rulers in geneal and not just not presdent and prime minister -- there had been many -- since the ancient time.\n\nSultana Razia (1205-1240)- a muslim female ruled India.
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The office of first minister goes way back to the time of Henry VIII when the monarch needed to delegate much of government to specialists. So the government was led by PMs in all but name prior to Robert Walpole by, most notably, Thomas Cromwell under Henry VIII, Robert Cecil under Elizabeth I and Sidney Godolphin under Queen Anne.\n\nWalpole is historically recognised as the first Prime Minister as we would understand the term but he and subsequent ministers refused to use the term formally for a long time afterwards. The first official recognition of the title in government documents was during the term of Disraeli and it finally replaced 'First Lord Of The Treasury'(the actual office PMs still officially and formally hold) in the order of precedence in 1905.
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United Kingdom - Margaret Thatcher\nIndia - Indira Gandhi\nArgentina - Isabel Peron\n\nCheck the link for more\n\nand then take away the countries that are left in the world and you will have the correct answer... remind me to read better next time lol
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Alexander Hamilton, who had a reputation as a ladies' man.The very first First Lady dubbed the house cat at Revolutionary Army headquarters "Hamilton."
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A female president would probably be very good for the country. Unfortunately it probably won't happen due to the way of diplomatic relations. In America, women are treated as equals to men, (for the most part) but in many foreign countries, woman are not seen this way. They won't respect a woman as they would a man. Sad But True.
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No and no. I would surely hope that at this point people are warming up to the idea of having a female leader.  Other countries have and are doing just fine.
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Liberia has elected Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first woman President of a National Assembly in Africa.
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Hattie Caraway  was the first woman who entered the Senate.\n(in November 1931)
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In many countries women do get elected as president. In the USA, women are finally gaining the political power, experience, and visibility needed to take on the presidency. Someday soon we should have our first women president.
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Actually the first one was MEHDI BAZARGAN, he was head of Iran's interim government.\nBut the first elected president was ABOLHASAN BANI SADR.
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I think "isn't it time...?" may be the wrong approach.  I do not believe we should specifically seek to elect a 'the first woman President' or 'the first African-American President' or an other such 'first' just to do so.  These sorts of things will likely happen in time, but not just to do them!\n\nCompare how Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister in Britain.  It was not BECAUSE of her gender!  She simply was very good at what she did and rose to prominence in her party the same way anyone else would. (The same is the case for the first elected female leaders of other states, e.g., Israel and India.)\n\nI am hopeful that is how it will happen in the U.S. as well. \nI happen to agree with you about Hillary Clinton -- I am opposed to her, but it has nothing to do with her being a woman. (And I think it would be just as unfortunate for people to vote FOR a Presidential candidate of ANY party just because she's a woman, as it is to vote AGAINST the person for that reason.)
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Women first got the vote in Europe, in Finland, as a result of agitation led by Alexandra Kollontai, who was later the only woman on the Bolshevik Central Committee
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Martha Washington was the first First Lady of the United States.
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Another woman landmark: Nancy Pelosi is the first woman to become Speaker of the House.
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I may not trust Clinton to run this country (in war time or peace time, makes no difference to me really.) Women can run wars though. Margaret Thatcher was brilliant in the Falklands War, leading her country through a tough time to an impressive victory over a formidable enemy. Condoleeza Rice would probabally be a great war time leader. Women can be tough too. Make no mistake about that.
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In many countries there have been female President. Even in the conservative countries. \nHowever, there is no female president in USA, because people in USA are Hippocrates. They have a tunnel vision. They don't think outside the box.\nWe claim to be the best, the country of freedom, country of free idea and equal opportunity, but its only a claim not truth.
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the men's FIFA World Cup begins in 1930 in URUGUAY while the FIFA Women's World Cup begins in 1991 in China. URUGUAY (men's) & UNITED STATES (women's) won the respective first tournament.