Females in Leadership by Ashley Johnston

Israel

ajohnston37 — 2018-11-28 09:42:22 UTC

In 1969, Golda Meir became the first female prime minister of Israel. She had been a leader of the Zionist movement in the 1920s when she migrated to Israel, and she supported the unrestricted immigration of Jews to Israel. Soon she became a leader of the Jewish Agency and in 1948, signed Israel’s Declaration of Independence. She became a member of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, and served as foreign minister in 1956.

Prime Minister

ajohnston37 — 2018-11-28 09:51:20 UTC

As prime minister, Meir instituted major programs in housing and road construction. She also tried to form enduring peace agreements with Arab countries, but these efforts came to an unsuccessful end with the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

India

ajohnston37 — 2018-11-28 09:56:41 UTC

In 1964, she became the India's second prime minister, after her father, Jawaharlal Nehru. Indira Gandhi had grown up in the Indian independence movement and was jailed by the British for her efforts.

Prime Minister

ajohnston37 — 2018-11-28 10:01:53 UTC

As prime minister, Ghandi was initially popular and energetic, but she was voted out of office in 1977, only to be voted back in 1980. Soon after, Sikhs in the Punjab region began to protest for an independent state. Thousands occupied the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest site for Sikh worship.
Gandhi sent troops to attack the demonstrators and killed more than a thousand Sikhs. She was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards.

Great Britain

ajohnston37 — 2018-11-28 10:05:51 UTC

In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister in Europe. She led the Conservative Party in
Great Britain from 1979-1990.

Prime Minister

ajohnston37 — 2018-11-28 10:08:13 UTC

As prime minister, she fiercely opposed communism and embraced a free-market economy. This led her to dramatically cut social
welfare programs, ease government controls on
business, reduce labor unions’ power, and privatize state-run industries. She maintained close ties with the United States throughout her tenure.

Her political decline came when she replaced the property tax with the poll tax. The poll tax was the same percentage of income, regardless of income level. It proved very unpopular, and seeing that she would not win another election, Thatcher resigned in 1990.

Punjab Region

2021-11-29 01:16:40 UTC

When I read the next paragraph about these, saying Ghandi killed thousand Sikhs that were there, I was really mind blown. I didn’t think that such a person could do such.