#GoodRead | These 59 Countries Had a Woman Leader Before the United States
"These 59 Countries Had a Woman Leader Before the United States":
America could make history on Tuesday by electing its first female president — but many other countries around the world have already reached the same milestone.
In the past half century, 59 countries have had women leaders, according to a 2016 report from the World Economic Forum. Among that group, Sri Lanka was the first to reach the milestone when Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the country’s prime minister in 1960.