Tarja Halonen was born on 24 December 1943 in Helsinki, . She was the President of Finland from 2000-2012, the first woman to be elected to this office. Table of Contents 1 Education and Early Career 2 1987 – 2000 3 Presidential Campaign (2000) and Presidency (2000- ) 4 Sources Education and Early Career Halonen […]

Tansu Penbe Çiller (born October 9, 1946) is an economist and politician in . Between 1993 and 1996, she served as Turkey’s first female Prime Minister, and was the third female head of state in a predominantly Muslim country. Table of Contents 1 Early Life and Education 2 Political Career 2.1 Europe 3 Reputation 4 […]

Susan Sontag (1933 – 2004) was an author, filmmaker, philosopher, literary theorist, and political activist. Table of Contents 1 Early Life and Education 2 Works 3 Political Activism 4 Prizes and Distinctions 5 Relationships 6 Sources Early Life and Education Susan Sontag was born in New York City on January 16, 1933, grew up in […]

Susan B. Anthony (1820 – 1906) was a prominent American civil rights advocate who played an instrumental role in the women’s rights movement in the 19th century to introduce in the . During her lifetime, Anthony gained widespread notoriety as a powerful public advocate of women’s rights and as a new and stirring voice for […]

Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916-2000) was a politician and Prime Minister of (formerly Ceylon). She became the world’s first elected female prime minister in 1960. She was the wife of a previous Sri Lankan prime minister, Solomon Bandaranaike, whom she replaced after his assassination, and the mother of Sri Lanka’s third prime minister, Chandrika Kumaratunga. Table of […]