women presidents

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.

"[Presents a] biography of Africa's first female president and 2011 Nobel Prize winner ... Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (b. 1938), a woman of spectacular political achievement"--Provided by publisher.

A brief biography of Corazon Aquino, the first female president of the Philippines.

Offers an open letter to the first woman president, and all women striving to achieve something, containing forward-thinking advice and inspiration for future women leaders.

"Meet Beth Ross, the first teenaged President of the United States. In a nation where corporations can run for office, the poor are used as human billboards, and tacos are delivered by drone, our only hope is this nineteen-year-old Twitter sensation. But the real question isn't whether she's ready for politics--it's whether politics is ready for her"--Provided by publisher.

Charlotte Kramer, the first female president of the United States, struggles to regain her footing when rumors of her husband's infidelity and her national security advisor's errors in judgment threaten her marriage, administration, and the country.

Profiles the careers of women heads of state from the 1960s to the 1990s.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf recounts her rise to power as Africa's first woman president, describing how she overcame abuse, imprisonment, and exile to become president of the Republic of Liberia in January 2006, and describing her efforts to bring social justice and democracy to her country and its people.

Profiles the life and career of the president of Chile.