History

1933 Washington D.C. Under Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a US cabinet position (Secretary of Labor).

1956 Monaco and USA Grace Patricia Kelly, a former actress from Philadelphia (PA), became Princess of Monaco, a small nation in Europe. In the second half of the 20th century, she supported many tourism projects and cultural-sports events, cultural festivals in Monte Carlo. In addition, she had carried out important diplomatic missions on behalf of her country in the 1970s. Thanks to her, Monaco is now one of the most popular destinations in Europe. Certainly she changes the face of Monaco. However, she opposed feminist goals. “The natural role of women is to be a pillar of the family … The emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery,” she said during an interview with Eleanor Perry. In the early 1950s, American Grace Kelly won an Oscar for her role in “The Country Girl.” “In the role of the wife who has tasted the last remnants of bitterness and undiluted humiliation, Grace Kelly is almost gaunt despite her beauty,” said Otis Guernsey, a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune.

1977 -1981 Under the Carter administration, there were three women leaders: Juanita M. Kreps (Secretary of Commerce, 1977-1979), Patricia Roberts Harris (Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1979-1981), and Shirley Hufstedler (Secretary of Education, 1979-1979). 1981) ).

1978 Amman, Jordan. Elizabeth Halaby, an American-born Jordanian of half-Arab descent, was named Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Queen Noor, as she is generally called, was the fourth wife of King Hussein of Jordan. In the 1980s and 1990s, she gained international recognition when she became an activist on behalf of Arab women. Like Jihan Sadat (former First Lady of Egypt), she was one of the most influential Arab women. Furthermore, she was the first woman to promote education in the Arab nation: she supported educational reforms. During the Persian Gulf War, she played a key role in relations between Arabs and non-Muslims.

1981 Washington D.C. Sandra Day O’Connor was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

1987 Washington D.C. Ann D. McLaughlin obtained a position in the Government of President Ronald Reagan.

1989 Washington D.C. President George HW Bush appointed Elizabeth Hanford Dole as Secretary of Labor.

1993 Washington D.C. US Head of State Bill Clinton has appointed Janet Reno as Attorney General.

1993 Brooklyn, NY. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice.

1997 Georgetown, Guyana. Janet Jagan is the first born in the United States to win a presidential election in the world. Janet Jagan, born in the United States and widow of President Cheddi Jagan, put Guyana back on the world map when she, a former ambassador to the United Nations, became the third South American woman to be elected president. On the other hand, her socialist-oriented economic policies had failed to improve the national economy, one of the least developed countries in the Western Hemisphere. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.

2009 Hillary Rodham Clinton, former First Lady and Senator, became Secretary of State. She is a defender of democracy and human development (education) in the States. American actor Rob Reiner wrote of her: “In 1998, California took on Big Tobacco in a ballot initiative to fund early childhood programs. We were overspent and hope was fading fast. Then Hillary walked in, unafraid of the attacks, money and the influence of the tobacco industry…” In 2008, Hillary made an even stronger bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, but her bid failed.