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- Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
10: ...br>("''Wisdom is the prop of the realm''") <!-- Official English version from www.royalcourt.se -->
11: <tr valign=top><td>'''Royal House'''<td>[[House of Vasa|Vasa]]
25: ... attempts to bestow guilt on Christina for her difficult birth, or just the horror story itself, may h...
31: National policy was directed during the first half of Christina's reign by her guardian, reg...
34: ...me publicly so as to be at the center of a scientific and artistic [[renaissance]]. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
5: {{House of Tudor}}
7: ...Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succe...
9: ...is era. In addition, [[Francis Drake]] became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; [[Fran...
18: ... before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth b...
22: ...advances towards Elizabeth while she lived in his household. There, Elizabeth received her education unde... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
6: {{House of Stuart}}
8: ... [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ...sed legislation allowing the Crown to pass to the House of [[Welf|Guelph]]. When the [[Scottish Parliamen...
15: ...ames, Duke of York, (afterwards James II) and his first wife, the [[Lady Anne Hyde]] (daughter of [[Ed...
17: ...Catholicism. Princess Anne, however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continue... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
5: {{House of Stuart}}
8: ...ver, govern the realm when her husband was abroad fighting wars.
11: ...the Duke of York (the future James II) and of his first wife, the [[Lady Anne Hyde]]. Mary's uncle was...
15: ...d improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William married in London on ...
22: ...landed on [[5 November]]. The English people's confidence in James stood so low that they did not atte... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ... of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ... her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
12: ...ld I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Princ...
14: ...a was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language of both her mother and her governess,... - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
9: ... [[Henry VI of England]]. Anne's father, dissatisfied with the favours he had received for helping Ki...
11: ... subject of some dispute between members of the [[House of York]]. There is a story that she was discove...
23: == Depictions in fiction == - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...]] [[1961]]–[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[wife]] of [[Charles, Prince of Wales|HRH The...
15: ... [[beauty]], admired and emulated for her high-profile involvement in [[AIDS]] issues and the internat...
22: ...encer|Edward Spencer, Viscount Althorp]], and his first wife, [[Frances Shand Kydd|Frances Spencer, Vi...
24: ...efly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]...
30: ...nd Protestant. Diana fulfilled all of these qualifications. - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
4: == Early life and first marriage ==
6: ...le of St Albans]] in [[1461]], fighting for the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] cause. (This was iron...
16: ...rt Stillington]], Bishop of Bath and Wells), testified that he had carried out the ceremony. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...y, especially during State occasions. She was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her ...
9: ...nstein in the Empire of [[Austria]]). Through the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the ...
13: ...s May was close to her mother and acted as an unofficial secretary, helping to organise parties and so...
17: ...d sense of duty. Albert Victor was Princess May's first cousin once removed; May was the daughter of H...
38: ...s Palace]], [[London]]. York Cottage was a modest house for royalty, but was a favourite of George, who l... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but compl...
6: ...d]], and Ferdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ...as considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
15: ...eing going on intermittently since [[1494]] would finally end. [[Louis XV]]'s heir was his grandson, L...
22: ...ing, Marie-Antoinette was presented with the magnificent jewels which traditionally belonged to a Fren... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
9: | '''Term of Office:'''
37: ...ate on [[January 23]], [[1997]]. Albright was the first female Secretary of State, which in turn made ...
40: ... at [[Johns Hopkins University]], received a Certificate from the Russian Institute at [[Columbia Univ...
42: ...e National Security Council, as well as a [[White House]] staff member, where she was responsible for for...
56: Albright was appointed ambassador to the UN, her first diplomatic post, shortly after Clinton was ina... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...d the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler]].
6: She divorced her first husband, [[Robert Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved...
8: ...woman member to actually take her seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Constance...
10: ...m of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critical of the [[Nazis]], and her husband ...
12: ...speech, first referred to the men of the 8th Army fighting the [[Italian campaign]] as the ''[[D-Day D... - Aung San Suu Kyi (4196 bytes)
12: ...s to work for democratisation and was put under [[house arrest]] in [[1989]]. She was offered freedom if ...
14: ...[[Prime Minister]], however the results were nullified and the military refused to hand over power. Th...
16: She was released from house arrest in July [[1995]], although it was made cle...
18: ...in [[September]] 2003, she was again placed under house arrest in Yang?
19: ...be extended. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4064211.stm (BBC)] - Benazir Bhutto (7735 bytes)
3: ...Bhutto''' (born [[June 21]], [[1953]]) became the first woman to lead a [[Muslim]] country in modern t...
6: The daughter of former [[Pakistan]]i premier [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], Benazir was educated in the west...
8: During her time at Oxford, she was the first Asian woman to be President of the [[Oxford Un...
11: ... imprisonment and execution, she was placed under house arrest. Having been allowed in 1984, to go back t...
13: ...ber 2]], becoming the youngest (35 years old) and first woman to head the government of a Muslim-major... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
33: ... of her given names, and consequently adopted the first name '''Kim''' in her teens. She was educated ...
41: ... ([[1990]]-[[1993]]). Then she briefly became the first female [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)...
43: ... and Eddy were divorced, although the divorce was finalized before she was sworn in as Prime Minister.
45: ...any Canadians. The fact that she was a woman, the first to become Prime Minister, initially made her v...
49: ...y regarded as the final nail in her campaign's coffin. - Maria Cantwell (9094 bytes)
11: ==In the Washington and United States Houses==
15: ...st congressional district in 40 years. During her first term, she got the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] Adm...
21: ...et privacy. However, Internet privacy experts confirmed that RealNetworks software was sending person...
27: At the urging of party activists and officials, Cantwell formed an exploratory committee in...
31: ... Cantwell of hypocrisy because of the incident. "Fiddling with people's websites and calling it good ... - Hattie Caraway (2502 bytes)
1: ...]], [[1878]] - [[December 21]], [[1950]]) was the first woman elected to serve as a [[United States Se...
3: [[image:Caraway_hattie.jpg|left|Hattie Caraway, first woman elected to US Senate]]
9: ...tates Senate]] where he served until he died in office in [[1931]].
11: ...e people on [[January 12]], [[1932]] becoming the first woman elected to the [[United States Senate]]....
19: She ran for a final time in [[1944]] and was defeated by [[J. Will... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...out some time after [[1673]], when she joined the household of the Duke of York (later to be [[James II o...
4: ...er saw the completion of [[Blenheim Palace]], the house built for him by a grateful nation. It was left ... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
39: |'''Term of Office:'''
45: ...ion Party (2002, with parliamentary supply and confidence from [[United Future New Zealand | United Fu...
47: ... Lange]], [[Geoffrey Palmer]] and [[Mike Moore]], first as Minister of Housing and Conservation, then ...
49: ...lected to the New Zealand parliament. During her first term (1981-1984) she was a member of the Statu...
53: ...and]], living at her official residence [[Premier House]] while in the [[capital]] or at her private resi... - Blanche Lincoln (2886 bytes)
22: ...d in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] until [[1997]]. Lincoln did...
24: Lincoln serves on the Senate Finance Committee; Special Committee on Aging; Selec...
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