Distinguished Women of Past and Present

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Government and Politics

Recommended books:

The 50 Most Influential Women in American Law by Dawn Bradley Berry, Lowell House, 1997
Women World Leaders: Fifteen Great Politicians Tell Their Stories by Laura A. Liswood, Pandora/HarperCollins, 1995
Women Who Ruled: A Biographical Encyclopedia by Guida M. Jackson, Barnes & Noble Books, 1998

Born Before 20th Century:

"Queenhood was so common among the Celtic Britons that the captured warriors brought in triumph before Claudius in AD 50 totally ignored the Roman emperor and offered their obeisance instead to his empress, Agrippina." *--Rosalind Miles in The Women's History of the World.*

Pharaoh Hatshepsut, 1503-1482 B.C. (Ancient Egypt)
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Hatchepsut : The Female Pharaoh by Joyce Tyldesley
Hatshepsut, His Majesty, Herself by Catherine M. Andronik, Joseph Daniel Fiedler (Illustrator)
Queen Tiye, 1415-1340 B.C. (Ancient Egypt)
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Nefertiti, reigned 1379-1362 B.C. (Ancient Egypt)
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Nefertiti : Egypt's Sun Queen by Joyce A. Tyldesley
Nefertari, 1292-1225 B.C. (Ancient Egypt)
House of Eternity : The Tomb of Nefertari (Conservation and Cultural Heritage Series) by John K. McDonald
Makeda, Queen of Sheba, 960 B.C. (Ethiopia)
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Sammu-ramat (Semiramis), 9th Century B.C. (Assyria)
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Artemisia I, c.480 BC (Helicarnassus, now southern Turkey)
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Arsinoe II, 316-271 BC (Greece, Egypt, Libya)
Cleopatra VII, c.69-30 BC (Egypt)
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The Search for Cleopatra by Michael Foss
Cleopatra (First Book) by Robert Green
The Trung Sisters, died 42 AD (Vietnam)
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Boudicca, died 62 AD (Britain)
Cartimandua, 1st Cent. AD (Britain)
Trieu Au or Trieu Thi Trinh, ca. A.D. 222-248 (Vietnam)
Zenobia, 3rd Cent. AD (Palmyra, now: Syria)
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Zenobia : Empress of the East by Glenn Barnett
Zenobia by Nick Dear
Theodora, c.500-548 (Byzantium, now: Turkey)
Empress Wu Zetian (Wu Chao), 625-705 (China)
Balthild, c.630-680 (England, France)
Queen Sondok, ruled 632-647 (Korea)
Irene of Athens, 752-803 (Greece)
Athaliah, ?-837 (Judah)
Aethelflaed, ?-918 (England)
Aelgifu, c.1010-1040 (England, Norway)
Agnes of Poitou, 1024-1077 (Holy Roman Empire)
Asma, c.1028-1084 (Yemen)
Arwa [Sayyidah], 1052-1137 (Yemen)
Melisende, 1105-1160 (Jerusalem)
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Queen of Swords by Judith Tarr
Eleanor of Aquitaine, c.1122-1204 (France, England)
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Eleanor of Aquitaine by Marion Meade
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings by Amy Ruth Kelly
Raziyya Iltutmish d.1240 (India)
Shagrat al-Durr, died 1259 (Egypt)
Margaret I, 1353-1412 (Denmark, Norway, Sweden)
Isabella I, 1451-1504 (Spain)
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Isabella of Castile : The First Renaissance Queen by Nancy Rubin
Anne of Beaujeu, 1461-1522 (France)
Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514 (France)
Mary I (Mary Tudor or "Bloody Mary"), 1516-1558 (England)
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Bloody Mary by Carolly Erickson
Catherine de Medicis, 1519-1589 (Italy, France)
Catherine De'Medici (Profiles in Power Series) by R. J. Knecht
Amina Sarauniya Zazzua, c.1533-c.1610 (Nigeria)
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Queen Elizabeth I, 1533-1603 (England)
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Behind the Mask: The Life of Queen Elizabeth I by Jane Resh Thomas
The First Elizabeth by Carolly Erickson
Lady Jane Grey, 1537-1554 (England)
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 (Scotland)
Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser
Mumtaz Mahal , 1593-1631 (India)
Anne of Austria, 1602-1666 (Spain, Austria, France)
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Anne of Austria : Queen of France by Ruth Kleinman
Christina, 1626-1689 (Sweden)
Anne, 1665-1714 (Great Britain and Ireland)
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Catherine I, 1682?-1727 (Russia)
Isabella Farnese, 1692-1766 (Spain)
Anna Ivanovna, 1693-1740 (Russia)
Mary Musgrove (Cousaponokeesa), 1700-1765 (Creek, North American Indian)
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Elizabeth Petrovna, 1709-1762 (Russia)
Maria Theresa, 1717-1780 (Austria, Hungary, Bohemia)
Catherine the Great, 1729-1796 (Russia)
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Catherine the Great by Henri Troyat, Joan Pinkham (Translator)
Catherine the Great : Life and Legend by John T. Alexander
Nancy Ward, c.1738-1824 (Cherokee, North American Indian)
Beloved Mother : The Story of Nancy Ward by Charlotte Jane Ellington
Ahilyabai Holkar, ruled 1767 to 1795 (India)
Queen Victoria, 1819-1901 (Great Britain)
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Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton, 1835-1930 (U.S.A.)
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Country Life in Georgia in the Days of My Youth by Rebecca L. Felton
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1836-1917 (Great Britain)
Empress Elizabeth of Austria, 1837-1838
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Queen Liliuokalani, 1838-1917 (Hawaii)
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Liliuokalani
The Last Hawaiian Queen : Liliuokalani (Benchmark Biographies) by Paula Guzzetti
The Betrayal of Liliuokalani : Last Queen of Hawaii 1838-1917 by Helena G. Allen
Official Protest to the Treaty of Annexation
Victoria Claflin Woodhull, 1838-1927 (U.S.A.)
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The Woman Who Ran for President : The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull by Lois Beachy Underhill, Gloria Steinem (Translator)
Notorious Victoria : The Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored by Mary Gabriel
Catherine Breshkovsky, 1844-1934 (Russia)
Yaa Asantewaa, c.1850-c.1920 (Asante, modern Ghana)
Eleanor Marx, 1856-1898 (Great Britain)
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Katharine Bement Davis, 1860-1935 (U.S.A.)
Katharine Bement Davis, Early Twentieth-Century American Women, and Study of Sex Behavior by Katharine Bement Davis
Susanna Madora Salter, 1860- 1961 (U.S.A.)
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Selina Cooper, 1864-1946 (Great Britain)
The Life and Times of a Respectable Rebel : Selina Cooper (1864-1946) by Jill Liddington
Nina Bang, 1866-1928 (Denmark)
Martha Munger Black, 1866-1957 (Canada)
Martha Black : Her Story from the Dawson Gold Fields to the Halls of Parliament by Martha Louise Black et al.
Miina Sillanp��, 1866-1952 (Finland)
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, 1868-1934 (Great Britain)
The Hafez Poems of Gertrude Bell : With the Original Persian on the Facing Page by Hafiz et al.
Teachings of Hafiz by Gertrude Bell
Lizzie Ahern, 1877-1969 (Australia)
Aleksandra Mikhaylovna Kollontai, 1878-1952 (Russia)
Alexandra Kollontai : Selected Articles and Speeches by Alexandra Kollontai
Love of Worker Bees by Alexandra Kollontai
Margaret Bondfield, 1873-1953 (Great Britain)
Jessie Wallace Hughan, 1875-1955 (U.S.A.)
Queen Marie of Romania, 1875-1938 (England, Romania)
Americans and Queen Marie of Romania by Diana Fotescu
Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1876-1977 (U.S.A.)
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Rhoda Fox Graves, 1877-1950 (U.S.A.)
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, 1879-1964 (U.S.A.: VA; Great Britain)
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From Plymouth to Parliament : A Rhetorical History of Nancy Astor's 1919 Campaign by Karen J. Musolf
Sarojini Naidu, 1879-1949 (India)
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A Poem: Life
Jeannette Rankin, 1880-1973 (U.S.A.)
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A Heart in Politics : Jeannette Rankin and Patsy T. Mink by Sue Davidson, Jeannette Rankin
Jeannette Rankin : 1880-1973 : Bright Star in the Big Sky by Mary Barmeyer O'Brien
Edith Nourse Rogers, 1881-1960 (U.S.A.)
Margery Corbett-Ashby, 1882-1981 (Great Britain)
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Ruth Thompson, 1887-1970 (U.S.A.)
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, 1890-1964 (U.S.A.)
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Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Agnes Campbell Macphail, 1890-1954 (Canada)
Ellen Wilkinson, 1891-1947 (Great Britain)
Margaret Ballinger, 1894-1980 (Great Britain, South Africa)
Marie Th�r�se (Forget) Casgrain, 1896-1981 (Canada)
Margaret Chase Smith, 1897-1995 (U.S.A.)
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First Lady of the Senate : A Life of Margaret Chase Smith by Alberta Gould, Jane Weinberger (Editor)
Golda Meir, 1898-1978 (Russia, U.S.A., Israel)
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Our Golda : The Story of Golda Meir by David A. Adler, Donna Ruff (Illustrator)
Muriel McQueen Fergusson, 1899-1997 (Canada)
Lakshmi N. Menon, 1899- (India)

Born 20th Century:

Diane Julie Abbott (Great Britain)
Bella Abzug (U.S.A.)
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Madeleine Korbel Albright (Czechoslovakia, U.S.A.: NY, DC)
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Madame Secretary : Story of Madeleine Albright by Jeremy Byman
Seasons of Her Life : A Biography of Madeleine Korbel Albright by Ann Blackman
Shulamit Aloni (Israel)
Corazon Aquino (Philippines)
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Cory : Profile of a President by Isabelo T. Crisostomo, Heherson T. Alvarez (Designer)
Hanan Ashrawi (Palestine)
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OnLine NewsHour: A Conversation with Hanan Ashrawi--March 4, 1997
This Side of Peace by Hanan Ashrawi
Nora Astorga (Nicaragua)
Jean Augustine (Grenada, Canada)
Dora Bakoyiannis (Greece)
Tammy Baldwin (U.S.A.)
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Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka)
Agatha Barbara (Malta)
Mary Frances Berry (U.S.A.: TN, MD, MI, DC, CO, PA)
Online HewsHour Interview
Online NewsHour: Charlayne Hunter-Gault interviews Mary Frances Berry
Long Memory : The Black Experience in America by Mary Frances Berry, John W. Blassingamer, John W. Blassingame
Why Era Failed : Politics, Women's Rights, and the Amending Process of the Constitution by Mary Frances Berry
Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
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Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan : From Zufikar Ali Bhutto to Benazir Bhutto by Saeed Shafqat
Shirley Temple Black (U.S.A.)
The Story of Shirley Temple Black : Hollywood's Youngest Star by Carlo Fiori
Ethel Blondin-Andrew (Dene Nation, Canada)
Barbara Boxer (U.S.A.)
Corrine Brown (U.S.A.)
Gro Harlem Brundtland (Norway)
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Catherine Callbeck (Canada)
Kim Campbell (Canada)
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Sharon Carstairs (Canada)
Andr�e Champagne (Canada)
Anson Chan (Hong Kong)
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Online NewsHour Interview, June 12, 1998
"Conversations with History": Interview
Mary Eugenia Charles (Dominica)
Helen Chenoweth (U.S.A.)
Shirley Chisholm (U.S.A.: NY)
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Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman by Jackson, Garnet Jackson
The Honorable Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman from Brooklyn by Nancy Hicks
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Helen Clark (New Zealand)
Adrienne Clarkson (Hong Kong, Canada)
Eva M. Clayton (U.S.A.)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (U.S.A.: IL, AR, DC, NY)
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Senator Clinton's Official Website
It Takes a Village : And Other Lessons Children Teach Us by Hillary Rodham Clinton
The First Lady : A Comprehensive View of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Peter Flaherty, Timothy Flaherty
Barbara-Rose Collins (U.S.A.)
Cardiss Collins (U.S.A.: MO, MI, IL)
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Elaine Wingate Conway (U.S.A.)
Anne Clare Cools (Barbados, Canada)
Sheila Maureen Copps (Canada)
Edith Cresson (France)
Barbara Cubin (U.S.A.)
Chandrika Kumaratunga (Sri Lanka)
Pat Danner (U.S.A.)
Rosa DeLauro (U.S.A.)
Elizabeth Hanford Dole (U.S.A.)
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Elizabeth Dole : A Leader in Washington by Eileen Lucas
Jennifer Dunn (U.S.A.)
Queen Elizabeth II (Great Britain)
Elizabeth : A Biography of Britain's Queen by Sarah Bradford
The Queen : A Biography of Elizabeth II by Ben Pimlott
Anna Eshoo (U.S.A.)
Anna Eshoo Website
Eshoo Welcomes Online Petition Drive for Breast Cancer Legislation
Eshoo Makes Common Cause Honor Roll
Joyce Fairbairn (Canada)
Ellen Louks Fairclough (Canada)
Saturday's Child : Memoirs of Canada's First Female Cabinet Minister by Ellen Louks Fairclough, Margaret Conrad (Editor)
Dianne Feinstein (U.S.A.)
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Women in Power : The Secrets of Leadership by Dorothy W. Cantor, Bernay Toni, Dianne Feinstein, Jean Stoess (Contributor)
Geraldine Anne Ferraro (U.S.A.)
Changing History : Women, Power, and Politics by Geraldine A. Ferraro
Framing a Life : A Family Memoir by Geraldine A. Ferraro, Catherine Whitney (Contributor)
Vigdis Finnbogadottir (Iceland)
Tillie Fowler (U.S.A.)
Elizabeth Furse (U.S.A.)
Indira Gandhi (India)
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Creative Quotations from Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi by Francelia Butler
Ella Grasso (U.S.A.)
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Deborah Grey (Canada)
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Patricia Roberts Harris (U.S.A.: IL, DC)
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Karen Hasara (U.S.A.)
Alexis M. Herman (U.S.A.)
Oveta Culp Hobby (U.S.A.)
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Kay Bailey Hutchison (U.S.A.)
From Stardom to Scandal : The Rise & Fall of Kay Bailey Hutchison by Arthur Frederick Ide
Glenda Jackson (Great Britain)
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Rita Margaret Johnston (Canada)
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (U.S.A.: OH)
Barbara Charline Jordan (U.S.A.: TX)
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More about Barbara Jordan
Barbara Jordan : American Hero by Mary Beth Rogers
Barbara Jordan: The Biography by Austin Teutsch et al.
Juliana (The Netherlands)
Nancy Landon Kassebaum (U.S.A.)
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Nancy Landon Kassebaum : A Senate Profile by Nancy Cayton Myers
Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe (Uganda)
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Lucy Killea (U.S.A.)
Jeanne Jordan Kirkpatrick (U.S.A.)
Sophia Leung (China, Canada)
Maleeha Lodhi (Pakistan)
Clare Boothe Luce (U.S.A.)
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Rage for Fame : The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce by Sylvia Jukes Morris
Saints for Now by Clare Boothe Luce (Editor)
Wilma P. Mankiller (Cherokee Nation, North American Indian)
Mankiller : A Chief and Her People by Michael Wallis (Contributor), Wilma Pearl Mankiller
The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography : Six Hundred Life Stories of Important People, from Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller by Bruce E. Johnsen et al.
Mary McAleese (Ireland)
Love in Chaos : Spiritual Growth and the Search for Peace in Northern Ireland by Mary McAleese
Pauline McGibbon (Canada)
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Audrey McLaughlin (Canada)
Barbara Ann Mikulski (U.S.A.)
Capitol Offense by Barbara Mikulski, Marylouise Oates
Capitol Venture : A Novel by Barbara Mikulski, Marylouise Oates
Susan Molinari (U.S.A.)
Representative Mom : Balancing Budgets, Bill, and Baby in the U.S. Congress by Susan Molinari, Elinor Burkett (Contributor)
Carole Moseley-Braun (U.S.A.: IL)
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Patty Murray (U.S.A.)
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Sadako Ogata (Japan)
"Conversations with History": Interview
Normalization With China : A Comparative Study of U.S. and Japanese Processes by Sadako Ogata
Eva (Evita) Peron (Argentina)
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In My Own Words: Evita by Eva Peron, Joseph Page (Introduction), Laura Dail (Translator)
Evita : The Real Life of Eva Peron by Nicholas Fraser, Marysa Navarro (Contributor)
Evita (VHS)
Maria da Lourdes Pintasilgo (Portugal)
Vivienne Poy (Hong Kong, Canada)
Janet Reno (U.S.A.)
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The Attorney General Through Janet Reno (All the President's Men and Women) by John Hamilton, Bob Italia
Condoleezza Rice (U.S.A.)
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Germany Unified and Europe Transformed : A Study in Statecraft by Philip Zelikow, Condoleezza Rice, Condoleeza Rice (Contributor)
Ann Richards (U.S.A.)
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Ann Richards : Politician, Feminist, Survivor (People to Know) by Dorothy Schain Siegel
Governor Ann Richards and Other Texas Women from Indians to Astronauts by Ruthe Winegarten
Rozanne L. Ridgeway (U.S.A.)
Alice Rivlin (U.S.A.)
06/13/97: Online NewsHour Interview with Alice Rivlin
Reviving the American Dream : The Economy, the States & the Federal Government by Alice M. Rivlin
Caring for the Disabled Elderly : Who Will Pay? by Alice M. Rivlin, Joshua M. Wiener
Mary Robinson (Ireland)
Mary Robinson : A Woman of Ireland and the World by John Horgan
The Woman Who Took Power in the Park : Mary Robinson by Lorna Siggins
Nafis Sadik (Pakistan)
Population, the Unfpa Experience by Nafis Sadik (Editor)
Jeanne Sauv� (Canada)
Kathleen Hawk Sawyer (U.S.A.)
Jenny Shipley (New Zealand)
Pat Schroeder (U.S.A.)
24 Years of Housework...and the Place Is Still a Mess : My Life in Politics by Pat Schroeder
Jeanne Shaheen (U.S.A.)
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Olympia Snowe (U.S.A.)
Galina V. Starovoitova (Russia)
Hanna Suchocka (Poland)
Hanna Suchocka Speaks at Penn
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (Great Britain)
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Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain by Marietta D. Moskin
The Disenchanted Isle : Mrs. Thatcher's Capitalist Revolution by Charles Dellheim
Judy Baar Topinka (U.S.A.)
Suzanne Tremblay (Canada)
Fran Ulmer (U.S.A.)
Simone Veil (France)
Hilary M. Weston (Ireland, Canada)
Christine Todd Whitman (U.S.A.: NJ)
Christie Whitman for the People : A Political Biography by Sandy McClure
Christine Todd Whitman : The Making of a National Political Player by Art Weissman
Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson (Canada)
Wu Yi (China)
Begum Khaleda Zia (Bangladesh)

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