Women Who Won

70 extraordinary women who reshaped politics

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<p><b>Did you know that Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka was the first woman in the world to become a democratically elected prime minister? </b></p><p><b>That Tina Anselmi of Italy was a wartime resistance fighter who became the first woman to serve as a cabinet minister? </b></p><p><b>Or that Sylvie Kinigi of Burundi was the first woman to serve as a prime minister in Africa? </b></p><p><b>It is high time these extraordinary women who helped shape our world became household names, and this book brings them at last to the fore.</b></p><p>Women Who Won is a celebration of 70 women from the last 100 years: politicians from around the globe who fought for election in a man’s world… and won. Beautifully illustrated by artist Emmy Lupin, it features well-known figures, including Kamala Harris, Benazir Bhutto, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Jacinda Ardern and Julia Gillard, alongside lesser-known women whose stories are ready to be heard:</p><ul><li><p>Shidzue Katō, one of the first women elected to the Diet of Japan</p></li><li><p>Yulia Tymoshenko, the first woman prime minister of Ukraine</p></li><li><p>Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the US Congress</p></li><li><p>Peri-Khan Sofieva, the first democratically elected Muslim woman</p></li><li><p>Ethel Blondin-Andrew, the first Indigenous woman elected to Canadian parliament</p></li></ul><p>Women of the past, but also women of the present and future. Women who smashed the political glass ceiling. Women who fought to leave a positive legacy for future generations. Women who paved the way for girls of today to become women who won.</p><p></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781800182523

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

225 x 148 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Wilton Square Books