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Women In Leadership

written by: Delia
 
In the past, women were not allowed to take leadership positions, but this has changed after years of emancipation and feminism. All of the women in this quiz are pioneers as female leaders.

Question 1:


1960, Sri Lanka. She became the world's first female prime minister.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Indira Gandhi
Élisabeth Domitién
Golda Meïr

Question 2:


1974, Argentina. She became the first ever female president.
Lydia Gueiler Tejada
Isabel Peron
Agatha Barbara
Finnbogadóttir

Question 3:


She was the first recorded female leader. She ruled the Mesopotamian City-State of Ur around 2500 BCE.
Cleopatra
Nefertari
Ku-Baba
Nefertiti

Question 4:


Starting in 1966, she was the prime minister of India for 15 years. Her political career was controversial, as she was viewed by some as a dictator.
Golda Meïr
Élisabeth Domitién
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Indira Gandhi

Question 5:


She was the first African American woman to become The United States Secretary of State. Her name comes from Italian and means "to play with sweetness", a musical term.
Patience Sewell Latting
Madeleine Albright
Condoleezza Rice
Miriam A. Ferguson

Question 6:


In 1988 she became the Prime Minister of Pakistan. She was the first woman to head the government of an Islamic State.
Indira Gandhi
Silva Pintasilgo
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Benazir Bhutto

Question 7:


This woman was the first female president of the Philippines. She succeeded her husband after his assassination in 1983, and became the leader of the opposition to President Ferdinand Marcos. Three years later, she was elected President.
Milka Planinc
Corazon Aquino
Kasimiera Prunskien
Benazir Bhutto

Question 8:


She served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, which makes her the first woman to hold this position in the UK.
Margaret Thatcher
Elisabeth Domitien
Hanna Suchocka
Edith Cresson

Question 9:


She was the first black bishop in a major domination, from 1984 until 1988.
Judith Craig
Ann Sherer
Leontine T.G. Kelly
Susan Hassinger

Question 10:


Prior to becoming Spy Chief of South Africa in 2001, she was the Minister of Intelligence.
Claudia J. Kennedy
Eliza Manningham-Buller
Hanne Bech Hansen
Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu

 


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