Hillary Clinton is one step closer to becoming the first woman to lead the United States. But there are 59 other countries that beat America to that milestone.
Hillary Clinton made history this spring, as the first female presidential candidate of a major U.S. political party. While this is a historic moment for the US, more than 70 countries have had a woman holding the position of president or prime minister, many of those in Europe and Asia.
1960s
Sri Lanka
Sirimavo Bandaranaike, 1960
India
Indira Gandhi, 1966
Israel
Golda Meir, 1969
1970s
Argentina
Isabel Perón, 1974
Central African Republic
Elisabeth Domitien, 1975
Portugal
Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, 1979
United Kingdom
Margaret Thatcher, 1979
1980s
Dominica
Eugenia Charles, 1980
Iceland
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, …read more
Source: Pakistan Today
