News John McCain picks Gov. Sarah Palin as VP - August 29, 2008 Donna Edwards sworn into the US House of Representatives - June 19, 2008 Jackie Speier wins seat in US House of Representatives - April 8, 2008 Niki Tsongas wins US House seat in Massachusetts - October 17, 2007 Laura Richardson joins US House of Representatives - September 4, 2007 India elects first female President Pratibha Patil - July 21, 2007 Laura Denvir Stith becomes Chief Justice of Missouri Supreme Court - July 1, 2007 French cabinet to be 50-50 women and men - May 10, 2007 A century after women were first elected to Parliament in Finland, women are now a majority of the cabinet ministers - April 19, 2007 A record of 58 women rise to power in US state legislatures - April 2, 2007 A record 35 women preside over their national legislatures - March 1, 2007 Hillary Rodham Clinton announces a run for the presidency and becomes the twelfth woman in history to do so - January 20, 2007 Sue Bell Cobb becomes the first female Chief Justice on the Alabama Supreme Court - January 16, 2007 Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker of the House and other firsts for women - January 4, 2007 Micheline Calmy-Rey becomes President of Switzerland - January 1, 2007 Mary C. Noble is invested on Kentucky's Supreme Court - December 11, 2006 Sarah Palin becomes Alaska's Governor; Lyda Green named Senate President - December 4, 2006 Record numbers of women in state legislatures, but statewide numbers decline - November 21, 2006 2006 Election Results: The Report on Women - November 10, 2006 Record number of women running for state legislature - October 23, 2006 Governor's race in Massachusetts makes history with woman and black candidate - September 20, 2006 UK political party encourages local officials to recruit more women and minority candidates - September 18, 2006 Former Texas Governor Ann Richards dies - September 13, 2006 Iowa Names First Woman Chief Justice on Supreme Court - September 5, 2006 Governor Janet Napolitano named to chair National Governor's Association - August 8, 2006 USA Today reports that women governors are more successful at bringing together both parties - July 25, 2006 Massachusetts Government Appointments Project (MassGAP) focuses on political appointments for women - July 23, 2006 Leading candidate for prime minister in Canada offers plan for equal representation in parliament - July 12, 2006 Christian Science Monitor advocates lifting barriers to electing more women - July 11, 2006 Haya Rashed al-Khalifa, a woman diplomat from Bahrain, has been elected president of the UN General Assembly - June 8, 2006 Finland celebrates 100 years of the right to vote for women - June 1, 2006 Han Myeong-sook becomes South Korea's first female Prime Minister - April 19, 2006 Portia Simpson Miller sworn in as Jamaica's first woman Prime Minister - March 30, 2006 Najah al-Attar appointed Vice President in Syria, the first woman VP in an Arab country - March 23, 2006 Number of women in Iraqi parliament exceeds 24% - March 15, 2006 First woman President in Chile, Michelle Bachelet, is sworn in - March 11, 2006 President-elect Michelle Bachelet names 10 women to her cabinet - January 30, 2006 First woman president of Finland, Tarja Halonen, is re-elected to second 6-year term -
January 29, 2006 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf sworn in as President of Liberia, the first woman elected President in Africa - January 16, 2006 Women made political gains worldwide in 2005, but the US lagged behind - January 3, 2006 
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