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Women's History Month Shout Out
Posted on Mar 11, 2012 07:00:56 PM | Mamta Patel Nagaraja | 0 Comments    |

"Historians may decide that Mrs Bandaranaike was an innocent, inheriting policies whose consequences she did not at first understand. That could be true. " - From an article in The Economist

 

(1916-2000) Sirimavo Bandaranaike was the world's first elected female prime minister on July 20, 1960, leading the country of Sri Lanka. She served as the head of state for 12 years and then returned to lead Sri Lanka in 1994 for another six years.  During her early years, she was expelled after being charged with abuse of power. She passed away at the age of 84 on Election Day in 2000 after casting what would become her very final vote.  She had roots in the Sri Lankan government as the widow of a former prime minister. 

Source: BBC

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