Politics

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Anna Ella Carroll, American politician and lobbyist, born 29th August 1815

Susanna Salter, American Politician, Activist & 1st female mayor, born 2nd March 1860
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Miina Sillanpää, Finnish Member of Parliament, born 4th June 1866

Bertha Knight Landes, Mayor of Seattle, born 19th October 1868

Margaret Bondfield, First UK female Cabinet Minister, born 17th March 1873

Nellie Tayloe Ross, 14th Governor of Wyoming, born 29th November 1876

Sarojini Naidu, Indian Freedom Fighter & Politician, born 13th February 1879

Nancy Astor, 1st woman to sit as British MP, born 19th May 1879 (video)
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Frances Perkins, American Politician, born 10th April 1880

Jeanette Rankin, 1st woman in the US Congress, born 11th June 1880

Edith Nourse Rogers, American Congresswoman, born 19th March 1881

Josephine Roche, American Industrialist & Politician, born 2nd December 1886
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Emma Asson, Estonian Politician, born 13th July 1889

Doris Blackburn, Australian Activist and Politician, born 18th September 1889
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Alice Cullen, UK's first Roman Catholic woman MP, born 18th March 1891

Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani Stateswoman, born 30th July 1893

Charlotte Whitton, Canadian Politician and Feminist, born 8th March 1896

Thérèse Casgrain, Canadian Reformer & Politician, born 10th July 1896
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Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister, born 3rd May 1898

Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian Senator, born 26th May 1899

Vijayalaxmi Pandit, Indian Diplomat and Politician, born 18th August 1900

Clare Boothe Luce, American Writer, Editor, Politician, born 10th March 1903
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Katharine Byron, American Congresswoman, born 25th October 1903
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Iriaka Matiu Ratana, Maori politician, born 25th February 1905

Grace Towns, African American Activist and Politician, born 10th February 1907
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Verda Welcome, African American Politician & Civil Rights Activist, born 18th March 1907
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Edith Green, American Politician, Reformer & Educator, born 17th January 1910

Barbara Castle, British Labour Politician, born 6th October 1910

Maria de la Cruz, Chilean Activist, Journalist, and Politician, born 18th September 1912
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Begum Shaista Ikramullah, Pakistani Diplomat, born 22nd July 1915
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Gladys Spellman, American Congresswoman, born 1st March 1918

Helene Hale, Hawaiian Politician, born 23rd March 1918

Melina Mercouri, Greek Actress, Singer & Politician, born 18th October 1920
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Patricia Ford, Northern Irish Politician, born 5th April 1921

Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian Journalist and Politician, born 26th April 1922

Meta Vannas, Estonian Soviet Politician, born 4th January 1924
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Moturo Udayam, Indian Politician & Women's Rights Activist, born 13th October 1924
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Rawya Ateya, Egyptian Politician, born 19th April 1926

Takako Doi,  Japanese Politician, born 30th November 1928

Yvonne B Miller, African American Senator, born 4th July 1934

Geraldine Ferraro, American Lawyer and Politician, born 26th August 1935
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Marita Petersen, Prime Minister of Faroe Islands, born 21st October 1940

Janet Powell, Australian Politician , born 29th September 1942

Margot McDonald, Scottish Politician, born 19th April 1943

Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani Prime Minister, born 21st June 1953