{the three previous posts (looking 'v' down) were the result of this site, WORLDWIDE GUIDE TO WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP, an astonishingly wide-ranging collection of exactly that. a few of the names that jumped out as I browsed through:
Indira GandhimmmGolda Me�rmmmMargaret ThatchermmmMaria Estella Mart�nez Cartas de Per�nmmmGro Harlem BrundtlandmmmBenazir BhuttommmMary RobinsonmmmPatricia Scott SchroedermmmMadeleine Korbel AlbrightmmmAnn Willis RichardsmmmNora Astorga GadiammmNellie Tayloe RossmmmRuth DefusesmmmFreda Meissner-BlaummmSarojini Chattopadhyaya NaidummmJosefina Valencia de HubacmmmmmmGloria Macapagal-ArroyommmBella Savitzky AbzugmmmDixy Lee RaymmmMary McAleesemmmMarie-Fran�oise Haye-GuillardmmmHelen Mamayaok MaksagakmmmJudy GingellmmmGlenna F. HansenmmmLise ThibaultmmmTarja Halonenmmm*Angel Joy Rocker*mmmAna Maria Pessoa Pereira da Silva Pintommm
Yulia Voldyrovna Tymoshenkno
Griselda Alvar�z Ponce de Le�nMegawati Sukarnoputri
Ertha Pascal-Troullot