Lesser Armenia - Queen Zabel - 1219 - 1226.
Bangladesh - Khaleda Zia - 1991 - 1996.
Bermuda - Premier - Pamela Gordon - 1997 - 1998.
Bermuda - Premier - Jennifer Smith - 1998 - present.
Bolivia - Prime Minister - Lidia Gueiler - 1979 - 1980.
Burundi - Prime Minister - Sylvie Kinigi - 1993 - 1994.
canada - Prime Minister - Kim Campbell - 1993.
China - Empress - Wu Chao - 655 - 705.
China - Dowager Empress - Tsu-Hsi - 1861 - 1908.
Denmark - Queen Margaret I - 1387 - 1412.
Denmark - Queen Margrethe II - 1972 - present.
Dominica - Prime Minister - Mary Eugenia Charles - 1980 - 1995.
Egypt - Queen Hatshepsut - 1501 - 1498 B.C.
Egypt - Queen Eje - 1351 - 1350 B.C.
Egypt - Queen Arsinoe II - 279 - 270 B.C.
Egypt - Queen Berenice - 81 - 80 B.C.
Egypt - Queen Cleopatra VII - 51 - 50 B.C.
Ethiopia - Empress Waizero - 1916 - 1930.
France - Prime Minister - Edith Cresson - 1991 - 1992.
Great Britain - Queen Jane - 1553.
Great Britain - Queen Mary I - 1553 - 1558.
Great Britain - Queen Elizabeth I - 1558 - 1603.
Great Britain - Queen Mary II - 1689 - 1702.
Great Britain - Queen Anne - 1702 - 1714.
Great Britain - Queen Victoria - 1837 - 1901.
Great Britain - Queen Elizabeth II - 1952 - present.
Great Britain - Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher - 1979 - 1990.
Hungary - Queen Mary - 1382 - 1387.
Hungary - Queen Elizabeth - 1439 - 1440.
Hungary - Queen Maria Theresa - 1740 - 1780.
Iceland - President - Vigdis Finnbogadóttir - 1980 - 1996.
India - Prime Minister - Indira Gandhi - 1966 - 1977, 1980 - 1984.
Ireland - President - Mary Robinson - 1990 - 1997.
Ireland - President - Mary McAleese - 1997 - present.
Israel - Prime Minister - Golda Meir - 1969 - 1974.
Italy - Queen Joanna I - 1343 - 1381.
Italy - Queen Maria - Sicily - 1377 - 1402.
Italy - Queen Joanna II - Naples - 1414 - 1435.
Lithuania - Prime Minister - Kazimicra Prunskiene - 1990 - 1992.
Madagascar - Queen Ranavalona I - 1828 - 1861.
Madagascar - Queen Rasoaherina - 1863 - 1868.
Madagascar - Queen Ranavalona II - 1868 - 1883.
Madagascar - Queen Ranavalona III - 1883 - 1896.
Netherlands - Queen Wilhelmina - 1890 - 1948.
Netherlands - Queen Juliana - 1948 - 1980.
Netherlands - Queen Beatrix - 1980 - present.
Nicaragua - President - Maria Liberia Peres - 1984 - 1985.
Nicaragua - President - Violeta Barriosde Chamorro - 1990 - 1997.
Norway - Queen Margaret - 1387 - 1412.
Norway - Prime Minister - Gro Harlem Brundtlandt - 1981, 1986.
Pakistan - Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto - 1988 - 1990, 1993 - 1996.
Philippines - President Maria Corazon Aquino - 1986 - 1992.
Poland - Queen Hedwige - 1384 - 1399.
Poland - Prime Minister - Hanna Suchocka - 1992 - 1993.
Portugal - Queen Maria I - 1777 - 1816.
Portugal - Queen Maria II - 1826 - 1828.
Portugal - Queen Maria III - 1834 - 1853.
Russia - Queen Tamara - 1184 - 1212.
Russia - Empress Catherine I - 1725 - 1727.
Russia - Empress Anna Ivanovna - 1730 - 1740.
Russia - Empress Elizabeth Petrovna - 1741 - 1762.
Russia - Empress Catherine II - 1762 - 1796.
Scotland - Queen Mary Stuart - 1542 - 1567.
Spain - Queen - Dona Urraca - 1109 - 1126.
Spain - Queen - Juana I - 1274 - 1307.
Spain - Queen - Juana II - 1328 - 1349.
Spain - Queen - Dona Blanca - 1425 - 1441.
Spain - Queen - Isabella I - 1474 - 1504.
Spain - Queen - Catalina de Albret - 1481 - 1512.
Spain - Queen Isabella II - 1833 - 1868.
Sri Lanka - Queen Kalyanavati - 1202 - 1208.
Sri Lanka - Prime Minister - Sirimavo Bandaranaike - 1960 - 1965, 1970 - 1977.
Sri Lanka - President - Chandrika Kumaratunga - 1994 - present.
Sweden - Queen - Christina - 1632 - 1654.
Sweden - Queen - Ulrica Eleonora - 1718 - 1720.
Tonga - Queen - Salote Tubou III - 1918 - 1965.
Turkey - Prime Minister - Tansu Ciller - 1993 - 1996.
WOMEN INVENTORS
Car heater - Margaret Wilcox - 1893.
Circular saw - Tabitha Babbit - 1812.
Cooking stove - Elizabeth Hawk - 1867.
Dam and reservoir construction - Harriet Strong - 1887.
Direct and return mailing envelope - Beulah Henry - 1962.
Dishwasher - Josephine Cochran - 1872.
Electric hot water heater - Ida Forbes - 1917.
Elevated railway - Mary Walton - 1881.
Engine muffler - El Dorado Jones - 1917.
Feedback control for data processing - Erna Hoover - 1971.
Fire escape - Anna Connelly - 1887.
Globes - Ellen Fitz - 1875.
Kevlar, steel-like fiber used in radial tires, crash helmets, and bulletproof vests - Stephanie Kwolek - 1966.
Life raft - Maria Beaseley - 1882.
Liquid Paper correction fluid - Bette Nesmith Graham - 1956.
Medical syringe - Letitia Geer - 1899.
Mop-wringer pail - Eliza Wood - 1889.
Permanent wave for the hair - Marjorie Joyner - 1928.
Refrigerator - Florence Parpart - 1914.
Rotary engine - Margaret Knight - 1904.
Safety device for elevators - Harriet Tracy - 1892.
Street cleaning machine - Florence Parpart - 1900.
Suspenders - Laura Cooney - 1896.
Windshield wiper - Mary Anderson - 1903.
Zigzag sewing machine - Helen Blanchard - 1873.
NOBEL PRIZES FOR PEACE
1905 - Bertha von Suttner - Austria.
1946 - Emily G Balch and John R. Mott.
1976 - Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams. Northern Ireland.