– Hillary Clinton did not make it to the top, but Theresa May, the British prime minister, and Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany, did. Since Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first female prime minister, in Sri Lanka in 1960, one-hundred women have been heads of state or government around the world.
How did they get to power and did they make a difference? And how much did feminist activists influence the promotion of female leaders? Plenty and decisively.
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