Born: April 20, 1939, Oslo, NorwayBrundtland was a politician who served three terms as prime minister of Norway in the 1980s and 1990s and later was director-general of the World Health Organization (1998-2003). Trained as a physician, she became identified with public health and environmental issues and with the rights of women. The daughter of […]
Died: AD 60 Boudicca was an ancient British queen who in AD 60 led a revolt against Roman rule.Boudicca (died 60) was the queen of the Iceni, a British tribe inhabiting the territory constituting the present-day counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. On the death of her husband, King Prasutagus, the Romans seized her territory. The
Born: June 21, 1953, Karachi, PakistanDied : 27 Dec, 2007 Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani political leader, who served as prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996. Bhutto was educated at Radcliffe College in the United States and at the University of Oxford in England, where she was the
Born: July 14, 1868, Washington Hall, Durham, EnglandDied: July 12, 1926, Baghdad, Iraq Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell was a British archaeologist, writer, and government official, born in Durham County, England, and educated at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. From 1899 to 1914, she made several archaeological expeditions in Asia Minor and on the Arabian
Born: April 17, 1916, Ratnapura, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]Died: October 10, 2000, Colombo, Sri Lanka Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike was the prime minister of Sri Lanka (1960-1965, 1970-1977, 1994-2000), the first woman in the history of the world to hold the office of prime minister. She was born in Balangoda, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and
Born: June 19, 1945, Rangoon, Burma[now Yangôn, Myanmar] Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is a leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and the restoration of democracy in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), and Nobel laureate. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon) and educated in India and
Born: 1946, Ram Allah, Palestine[now in Israeli-occupied territory]Ashrawi was a Palestinian educator and spokeswoman for the Palestinian delegation to Middle East peace talks in the early 1990s. The youngest daughter of a prominent physician, who was a founder of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), she grew up in an Anglican family. In the late 1960s,
Born: Jan 25, 1933, Manila, Philippines Corazon Aquino is the president of the Republic of the Philippines (1986-1992). Corazon, popularly called Cory, was born Corazon Cojuangco. She was educated in Manila and the United States. In 1953, she graduated from Mount Saint Vincent College in New York City. She returned to the Philippines, married Benigno
Born: December 2, 1083Died: c. 1153Anna Comnena was a Byzantine princess and historian, daughter of Emperor Alexius I Comnenus, born in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul). In 1118, after her father’s death, she conspired against her brother, Emperor John II Comnenus, in an attempt to have the succession changed in favour of her husband, the Byzantine soldier
Born: May 15, 1937, Prague, Czechoslovakia Madeleine Korbel Albright is an American diplomat, secretary of state (1997-2001) under President Bill Clinton. She was the first female secretary of state in the United States history.Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Albright fled with her family to London, England, just before the outbreak of World War II (1939-1945). Her
Died: June 12, 918, Tamworth, England Aethelflaed was an nglo-Saxon ruler of Mercia in England. The daughter of King Alfred the Great, she helped her brother Edward the Elder, king of the West Saxons (reigned 899-924), in conquering the Danish armies occupying eastern England. Aethelflaed became the effective ruler of Mercia some years before the
Born: 931Died: Dec 16, 999, Seltz, Alsace [now in France];feast day December 16 Adelaide was the consort of the Western emperor Otto I and, later, regent for her grandson Otto III; she helped strengthen the German church while subordinating it to imperial power.The daughter of Rudolf II (d. 937), king of Burgundy, and Bertha of
Born: November 22 [November 11, Old Style], 1744, Weymouth, Massachusetts [U.S.]Died: October 28, 1818, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. Abigail Smith Adams was the wife of John Adams, second president of the United States, and mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president. She was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, the daughter of the Reverend William Smith, minister
Born: 3 April 1903Died: 29 October 1988 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was a person of many parts. She was a freedom fighter, social activist, actor, politician, etc., all rolled into one. But above everything, she is remembered for her phenomenal role in reviving the traditional handicrafts of India during the post independence era.Belonging from an illustrious family,
Born:1828, KashiDied: 17th June, 1858 Rani Lakshmi Bai was the queen of the princely state of Jhansi, which is located on the northern side of India. She was one of the most leading personalities of the first war of India’s independence that started in 1857.She was born to a Maharashtrian family at Kashi (now Varanasi)