In Brazil we had our first woman president elected in 2010, Dilma Rousseff, and she was impeached during her second turn. The irony is that the reason for the impeachment was made legal as soon as she was out, and every time something was wrong in the new government Michel Temer would say it was the last government fault, Temer was Dilma' s VP, second in command on the last government...
There definitely needs to be a part 2 of this list, since there are other first female leaders, like: Corazon Aquino, Benazir Bhutto (first female head of state of a Muslim nation), Kim Campbell, Angela Merkel.
Although i agree with you on a part 2 as a Canadian I do not believe Kim Campbell should be included for two reasons. One she was never elected, she replaced Brain Mulroney when he stepped down from the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives therefore became Prime Minster by default and not voted in by the people of Canada but by her own party and two she was Prime Minster for only 5 months before being ousted in the 1993 election by The Liberals.
It's very cool to see viewers from all around the world giving a shout out to female leaders of their own countries. This is fascinating and very cool to learn about all of them. It's refreshing to see women as a focus in history.
As a Filipino I'm honestly disappointed to not see Corazon Aquino on this list, but I'm willing to learn about every other women (Besides Thatcher, I already learned a lot about her) in this video!
In Chile, our first female president was Michelle Bachelet in 2008. She’s pretty controversial, but it was still super cool to see a woman as president as a little girl 🎉
@@user-df1ns1ob8y that was isabel peron . Eva peron died in 1952 and was just the first lady. But yeah I forgot that Isabel peron was the first south american female head of state
I am from India, and i just wanted to say, People used to love Indira Gandhi, even after she imposed emerged and become kinda a dictator And according to my Grandpa, she was only PM who wasn't a stupid person and actually helped people and country
Sort of true. We've had many good/great PM's. Some which come to mind are PV Narsimha Rao, Jawharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri & our current PM Narendra Modi. While i respect all of them Indira Ji made way too many errors to be considered a great PM. All mistakes from Economy to Emergency to Changes to Preamble (Socialist & Secular) to Forced Sterlizations and Abortions to lack of social and infrastructurual development Yeah the 1971 War was absolutely critical and a massive success but even then I think we should atleast asked for some concession of land around Siliguri Corridor and maybe even Chittagong Port.
@@Kushagra.j yeah i agree But still, during her time, sterilization was believe to quite effective And in hindsight we can talk about her mistakes but, common people who lived during emergency, actually like most of her rule, as life of common citizens kinda improved with improvement in dilivery of service And yeah, she could have used some leverage over Pakistan but don't forget US and UK were still at her neck
Is to be noted that, even if they didn't have women PM, both the Netherlands and Luxemburg had women rulers in the last 150 years: 4 highly respected and loved women: Queens Wilhelmina, Iuliana, Beatrix and GD Charlotte
Thank you for doing this video. Sometimes it's hard to see that progress is being made. More women are being elected or appointed to President or Prime Minister.
Could you make another video about woman leaders? The current ones, and make an honourable mention to Jacinta Arden (The mother of her and other Nations during 2020)
Aquino didn’t become President until 1986; the last woman on this list came to office in 1980, so Aquino isn’t among the top 10 firsts. As a Canadian, our first female Prime Minister, Kim Campbell was 1993, also far out of the top 10.
I've been watching your channel for about a year now & this has been my favorite video of yours!!! I'm also American & feel the same as you but i have hope for the future. In the meantime, if you ever get to make a part 2, that would be really cool 😊
All you guys do is complain about Lindsey Holidays videos not being perfect or perfectly accurate and its so annoying she puts so much effort into these videos and it doesn’t take that much effort to be kind or not say anything at all
It was shown during the middle ages female monarchs were more effective rulers as they focused on the wellbeing of the people and upheld their own status by promoting the status of the common people. While not all female monarchs were well liked but one can wonder why most of them who had enemies the enemies were rich white men who themselves were not well liked either
Hello Lindsey. I enjoyed this presentation very much. I would like to add one more to your list- Barbados 🇧🇧 our current Prime Minister is Ms. Mia Mottley. She is quite fascinating, and a great one for part two!
@@larasif2852 Pay attention to the video title, it says FIRST 10 women leaders (no royalty). Iceland’s female president wasn’t mentioned as she became president a few months after number ten on this list and thus would have been roughly the 11th female world leader.
It’s also interesting that Switzerland has had five female leaders as women in Switzerland didn’t get to vote in general elections until the 1970s! There were also some cantons (regions) where women weren’t allowed to vote in local elections until the early 1990s- yes, you read that right!
I mean its interesting that they were quite late to grant suffeage for women and yet they elected the most women leaders out of any country in the world in less than 30 years
Part 2. A simplified version. As the world continues to evolve spiritually and becomes more loving and kind, the governments will be directly ruled by the good people, not politicians who tend to be corrupt. There will be community-led governments governed by good, wise "elders." Women will directly be a part of this and will be in charge of many things such as the betterment of all beings and people.
Hopping in before this releases, because I have so many thoughts about this. I really hope this also addresses the phenomenon of conservative political parties choosing female leaders when the party is doing it's worst to push that female leaders aren't capable/worse overall for a country's health. I also hope we see a comparison of modern to historical to folk female leaders. Lindsay always makes the best videos so I'm sure however this topic is addressed and put together it'll be interesting. I'm just excited 💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌
Every time someone calls India a third world country, or says that India doesn't value women or let them do anything, my mom always brings up that India was it's own country for 30 years before it's first female head of state, while America nearly 250 years old and still hasn't had one.
As much as I agree that having the first woman pm is a national pride.. I cannot deny that a woman without connection wouldn't even make it to the parliament during those times.. One of the main reasons Indira was able to become pm was because the men in the party grossly misjudged her capabilites, expecting her to be a puppet under their thumb 😂
Very unrelated, but a fun idea came to my mind- fun simply because it would be so short- “Presidents of Angola” despite it being an independent nation since 1975, it had had, until this day, only three presidents! That because José Eduardo dos Santos (aka Zédu) was president form 1979 till 2017😭
What a phenomenal job you did on analyzing the why’s, giving an estimate for future women leaders and disapproval for US’ lack of female leadership. Bold, daring & so eloquently put. Well done, fellow lady. 🎉
I don't know about other female leaders but what can be said about the Prime Minister's rule in Sri Lanka is that it is a very visionary program that was prepared with an eye to the future. Still, unfortunately, the entire public did not like it.
We only just scratched the surface with Thatcher. As a queer woman I can say the affect that women had in the queer community is still being felt today. Not only did she perpetuate all the scaremongering during the AIDS crisis and also tried to prevent the distribution of life saving medication that could help those with HIV live longer but she also implemented Section 28 which prevented homosexuality from being taught in schools and like banned books with even the tiniest reference to anything queer from being available in schools and public libraries. Section 28 was only repealed in 2003 but the affects of it are still felt across the UK now with LGBT topics only becoming part of the curriculum in 2019 and now in the US with the Don't Say Gay Bill and other similar bills going through history is repeating. And don't go thinking that I am holding her to a worse standard to the men cus Reagan at the time was doing very similar during the AIDS crisis and that was awful.
Great video! And you only have to go into the comments to see that simply mentioning women in power is enough to send some people (men, probably) into paroxysms of rage. And people ask why we still need women's day!
I'm happy that the comments section is looking very tolerant and respectful of the idea that gender =/ competency. And also I'm glad that the mention of women in politics isn't getting backlash here, because usually in most other spaces it would be handwaved off in the best of situations. I don't think being a woman will lead to better leadership or happier countries. I do like the idea that happier countries might be more likely to elect female leaders/are more ingrained to gender equality though. Maybe that means happier countries are the most egalitarian countries and we should adopt more egalitarian philosophy.
Correction: Indira Gandhi didn't go to war with Pakistan she helped East Pakistan with troops to combat the soldiers of West Pakistan at that time as East Pakistan lacked trained soldiers THE WAR WAS BETWEEN EAST PAKISTAN NOW BANGLADESH AND WEST PAKISTAN and this war is known as the Liberation War of Bangladesh
If you understand the historic context between the two. The two have been at each other's throats for a long time. The Bangledeshi war of independence was an example of a proxy war. The area of Kashmir is a major talking point
Correction: Sheik hasina is longest serving and current incumbent PM of Bangladesh with a 18+ years tenure, Indira Gandhi's total tenure is nearly 16 years ranking her Much higher
Great video. Actually Sirimavo Bandaranaike was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for more than 17 years (1960-1965; 1970-1977; 1994-2000), was she is not in the list? Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister of India for more than 15 years and not 11 (1966-1977; 1980-1984). Same with Sheikh Hasina, she was PM of Bangladesh for more than 19 years (1996-2001; 2009-Today).
The worse of the lot was Thatcher. She ordered attacks on innocent black children and for a scientific to call themselves "conservative " is not only a contradiction but an oxymoron. When she died.....we partied on the streets of London singing "Ding Dong the wytch is dead"........and funny enough....that Wizard of Oz song went of the top.of the pops....the year she died. She was loathed by do many people,who because her policies suffered so unnecessarily.
I agree with you. I enjoy Lindsay’s documentaries, but I lived through Thatcher and I cannot tolerate her again. She destroyed Britain and eroded all the values we held dear. Britain has no identity anymore and its demise is Thatcher’s legacy.
Thatcher was a divisive figure. If the UK does break up, many of its issues could be attributed to: She experimenting a tax on Scotland, which screwed any chance for the Scottish conservatists from winning in the Scottish elections in the future Essentially destroying the economy of Wales due to de-industrialisation, with the country being split between Labour and Plaid Cymuru Keeping the south of England rich and the north poor, fueling resentment of the northerners to the south Having a bad relationship with the Irish nationalists and breaking promises with the unionists, contributing to the former's rise
Lindsay: I find it deeply vexing, that my own country, and one of the world's oldest surviving democracies, has continuesly failed to elect a woman to the top seat" Me, a czech: Oh I feel you- (obviously not the oldest democracy bit but still-)
Unknown public fact: Golda Meir worked as a social secretary to an upper middle class Palestinian family for a number of years... She was liked and Loved by the family and joined them on family picnics, holiday trips, birthday parties...etc... When Palestine was taken over by the zionists and became Israel, she came into her position of power... the family that Loved her and accepted her for so many years, were ordered to leave their home that they had for generations and decades... Intruction orders came from her, and the Palestinian family (just like thousands of others) were given 24hours to pack only personal items in 1 suitcase per person to leave... The Palestinian homes inclusive of furniture, decorative items, clothes, pets...etc were then taken over by new Israeli settlers, who happily moved in. She did well for her people and her new nation, but was not heroic or a respectable human being otherwise. Such mean and cold thieving behaviour is not something to be proud of... not for her or all those new Israelis who moved into and stole other peoples homes.
I love all of your videos but this was particularly great. I definitely feel more women need to be in power to challenge the male dominated status quo. A fresh and new perspective is needed.
Unfortunately, this list is for non Royalty leaders only so the Queen of Hawaii would not have counted. But you can still see her video on this channel.
Don’t forget when you have a great leader and it’s a man but people are happy more then likely their is a strong woman that leads with her husband. Together everyone is stronger.
Great video thank you for including Indra Gandhi love from Mumbai India 🇮🇳 even tho you didn’t pronounce Jawal lal Nauru correctly 😂 as my mother always says ”Hindi is no rocket science you read what you write”
I found your video very informative, though I hope one day, we can discard all gender based polls and go by merit, it sound better but I'm just one person
Our former prime minister Smt Indira Gandhi was pretty good. With some bold moves like nationalisation of banks , 1971 war , green revolution, operation bule star she contributed to our nation very much. But her some decisions for her own political ambitions like imposing emergency should be criticised
Absolutely, I agree that as we continue to evolve spiritually over the coming years and decades, women will lead most societies and communities on Earth. This is the era of the Divine Feminine. Male and Female, Yin and Yang working together as One. Women and men make up the consciousness of God. They will be equally in charge, in love and respect. The Planet is getting kinder and more loving. Women will play a hugely prominent role in the coming near future.
There is a strange overlap between women having a degree in chemistry and leading a European country: Margaret Thatcher, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Angela Merkel...
Indira was a brute and she deserved what she got. And if anything, she should not be remembered as a great leader who did anything for the citizens of her country. Upon her sanction, Operation Blue Star happened. Yes there was a militant group as you would call it. But it is less that, and more of the fact that bystanders were killed mercilessly, alongside the near destruction of a religious shrine. The media censorship that followed suppressed facts of the reality of what was occurring in Punjab. For gods sake she practically held the place of a dictator. The riots that followed her assassination brought death and hate to the Sikh Religon as a whole. My own grandfather (a truck driver who was at that time not in Punjab), admitted to me that he couldn’t go anywhere with his beard and turban. So he rid them, to keep his life for the sake of his family. It surprises me how many people were completely blind to the atrocities, but the moment someone they supported came into question they jumped up and killed/tortured their own Sikh neighbors, colleagues, and friends. Her one move brought about excessive harm to a certain group of her citizens. Declaring emergency was a weak move, her attempts at creating what many assume could only be a socialist state, and her mishandling of groups that either disagreed with her or revealed something she didn’t like. And there is no one more to blame than the overly glorified Indira Gandhi.
What about President Cory Aquino? Sheis the first d3mocratically elected leader in the southeast asia during her time, she should be part of this video I believe though.
I'm a little disappointed that Corazon Aquino isn't on this list because she has done so much for us to oust a dictator and stop martial law with a powerful revolution in 1986, the same year she became the first female Filipino president. Nevertheless, these women are also interesting to learn about in time for Women's Month 💕
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For those saying she forgot someone, she is only covering the first 10 in this video.
Ikr she can’t put everyone😭
Maybe she’ll do a part 2 video, listing the next 10. I’d watch it!
People are blind af.
For those who are questioning of why she didn’t put in leader etc. It is almost always because your mentioned leaders became leaders after 1980.
In Brazil we had our first woman president elected in 2010, Dilma Rousseff, and she was impeached during her second turn. The irony is that the reason for the impeachment was made legal as soon as she was out, and every time something was wrong in the new government Michel Temer would say it was the last government fault, Temer was Dilma' s VP, second in command on the last government...
😂
I remember that. Especially the long speeches before every single vote against or in favor of it...
That is true! This guy (Michel Temer) is a hypocrite!!
@@Laramaria2 pb.c
There definitely needs to be a part 2 of this list, since there are other first female leaders, like: Corazon Aquino, Benazir Bhutto (first female head of state of a Muslim nation), Kim Campbell, Angela Merkel.
Well depends on the order some are too modern and would be the later rankings of time.
Although i agree with you on a part 2 as a Canadian I do not believe Kim Campbell should be included for two reasons. One she was never elected, she replaced Brain Mulroney when he stepped down from the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives therefore became Prime Minster by default and not voted in by the people of Canada but by her own party and two she was Prime Minster for only 5 months before being ousted in the 1993 election by The Liberals.
Search Mendiola Massacre, & her Many Failed Coups, & th-cam.com/video/T7yPys6yw54/w-d-xo.html
@@billijomaynard8924meanwhile former pm Liz Truss of the uk lasted only for a month ☠️
It's very cool to see viewers from all around the world giving a shout out to female leaders of their own countries. This is fascinating and very cool to learn about all of them. It's refreshing to see women as a focus in history.
As a Filipino I'm honestly disappointed to not see Corazon Aquino on this list, but I'm willing to learn about every other women (Besides Thatcher, I already learned a lot about her) in this video!
It is unfortunately so close as she became president at 1986 which is 6 years ahead of number 10 on this list. Perhaps she can appear in a 11-20.
I came here to say this! No Cory Aquino on this list?
@@ibabylei No, she was leader at 1986 which is far ahead of the timeline than the 10th place for a female leader, at 1980.
Same.
She's one of the WORST lol
In Chile, our first female president was Michelle Bachelet in 2008. She’s pretty controversial, but it was still super cool to see a woman as president as a little girl 🎉
@@juanchoresultay2704She‘s not. The video literally mentions Eva Peron.
@@user-df1ns1ob8y that was isabel peron . Eva peron died in 1952 and was just the first lady. But yeah I forgot that Isabel peron was the first south american female head of state
Please make a video on 10 most ancient queens who are very old from bronze age or iron age.
Lindsay, you kill me with the waiting… love your videos!
I am sri lankan.And i am very happy to see our sri lankan woman here.And also your videoes are very interesting.🎀🎀
I am from India, and i just wanted to say,
People used to love Indira Gandhi, even after she imposed emerged and become kinda a dictator
And according to my Grandpa, she was only PM who wasn't a stupid person and actually helped people and country
Sort of true. We've had many good/great PM's. Some which come to mind are PV Narsimha Rao, Jawharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri & our current PM Narendra Modi.
While i respect all of them Indira Ji made way too many errors to be considered a great PM.
All mistakes from Economy to Emergency to Changes to Preamble (Socialist & Secular) to Forced Sterlizations and Abortions to lack of social and infrastructurual development
Yeah the 1971 War was absolutely critical and a massive success but even then I think we should atleast asked for some concession of land around Siliguri Corridor and maybe even Chittagong Port.
@@Kushagra.j yeah i agree
But still, during her time, sterilization was believe to quite effective
And in hindsight we can talk about her mistakes but, common people who lived during emergency, actually like most of her rule, as life of common citizens kinda improved with improvement in dilivery of service
And yeah, she could have used some leverage over Pakistan but don't forget US and UK were still at her neck
@@Kushagra.j I think instead of Modi , a better BJP prime minister should be considered Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Okay but i can not get over the fact how beautiful Indira was
@@prathamsaxena9503Let’s not excuse forced sterilization and abortions……
Is to be noted that, even if they didn't have women PM, both the Netherlands and Luxemburg had women rulers in the last 150 years: 4 highly respected and loved women: Queens Wilhelmina, Iuliana, Beatrix and GD Charlotte
Thank you for doing this video. Sometimes it's hard to see that progress is being made. More women are being elected or appointed to President or Prime Minister.
As a male love this and more should be said and learned about female leaders. Thank you
Could you make another video about woman leaders? The current ones, and make an honourable mention to Jacinta Arden (The mother of her and other Nations during 2020)
Well then Ardern wouldn’t be in the video since she resigned in January, as both PM and leader of the Labour Party
You forgot Corazon Aquino! The first female president of the Philippines
Their might be a part 2..
@@truefairytale164 true!
Aquino didn’t become President until 1986; the last woman on this list came to office in 1980, so Aquino isn’t among the top 10 firsts. As a Canadian, our first female Prime Minister, Kim Campbell was 1993, also far out of the top 10.
And Gloria macapagal arroyo
Loved this Lindsay. Always interesting.
You made this subject interesting. Thanks for posting!:)
I'm so pumped for this series! Thank you for such an awesome video. I learned so much and feel hopeful about the future which is weird feeling
I've been watching your channel for about a year now & this has been my favorite video of yours!!! I'm also American & feel the same as you but i have hope for the future. In the meantime, if you ever get to make a part 2, that would be really cool 😊
All you guys do is complain about Lindsey Holidays videos not being perfect or perfectly accurate and its so annoying she puts so much effort into these videos and it doesn’t take that much effort to be kind or not say anything at all
It was shown during the middle ages female monarchs were more effective rulers as they focused on the wellbeing of the people and upheld their own status by promoting the status of the common people. While not all female monarchs were well liked but one can wonder why most of them who had enemies the enemies were rich white men who themselves were not well liked either
Hello Lindsey. I enjoyed this presentation very much. I would like to add one more to your list- Barbados 🇧🇧 our current Prime Minister is Ms. Mia Mottley. She is quite fascinating, and a great one for part two!
First elected Female President Vigdis Finnbogardottir of Iceland! Even reelected unanimously!
Period! Honestly confused on why she didn’t mention her.
@@larasif2852 Pay attention to the video title, it says FIRST 10 women leaders (no royalty). Iceland’s female president wasn’t mentioned as she became president a few months after number ten on this list and thus would have been roughly the 11th female world leader.
Switzerland has elected to more members of the executive: Viola Amherd and Karin Keller-Sutter (they are both currently in office)
GO Lindsey! Your voice is championing women’s rights, without shouting, in fact, doing it with a very fine timbre.
This is really interesting! Thanks Lindsay! 🤩
Sirimavo Bandaranaike's achievements can't be understated. Such a watershed for the world.
It’s also interesting that Switzerland has had five female leaders as women in Switzerland didn’t get to vote in general elections until the 1970s! There were also some cantons (regions) where women weren’t allowed to vote in local elections until the early 1990s- yes, you read that right!
I mean its interesting that they were quite late to grant suffeage for women and yet they elected the most women leaders out of any country in the world in less than 30 years
From Portugal, Maria de Lurdes Pintassilgo!!
Fiquei tão orgulhosa quando a vi ali!! É tão raro ver Portugal em vídeos assim :)
Part 2. A simplified version. As the world continues to evolve spiritually and becomes more loving and kind, the governments will be directly ruled by the good people, not politicians who tend to be corrupt. There will be community-led governments governed by good, wise "elders." Women will directly be a part of this and will be in charge of many things such as the betterment of all beings and people.
Content idea: game changers for women. Kate Shepherd, Kartini, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sojourner Truth, Ita Buttrose.
What an incredible video!! Congratulations!!
Hopping in before this releases, because I have so many thoughts about this. I really hope this also addresses the phenomenon of conservative political parties choosing female leaders when the party is doing it's worst to push that female leaders aren't capable/worse overall for a country's health. I also hope we see a comparison of modern to historical to folk female leaders. Lindsay always makes the best videos so I'm sure however this topic is addressed and put together it'll be interesting. I'm just excited 💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌
There seems to be a rather large contradiction between a party choosing a female leader and also saying female leaders weren’t capable for leadership…
Every time someone calls India a third world country, or says that India doesn't value women or let them do anything, my mom always brings up that India was it's own country for 30 years before it's first female head of state, while America nearly 250 years old and still hasn't had one.
One thing doesn't invalidate the other though. America never had sati for example.
@@ramirosotto sati was a system invented by hindu women themselves to protect their honor from islamic invaders.
As much as I agree that having the first woman pm is a national pride.. I cannot deny that a woman without connection wouldn't even make it to the parliament during those times..
One of the main reasons Indira was able to become pm was because the men in the party grossly misjudged her capabilites, expecting her to be a puppet under their thumb 😂
That literally doesnt mean anything lmao
"Mary Maclease was president "Republic of Ireland "🇮🇪
That was interesting. Thank you for sharing.
Very unrelated, but a fun idea came to my mind- fun simply because it would be so short- “Presidents of Angola” despite it being an independent nation since 1975, it had had, until this day, only three presidents! That because José Eduardo dos Santos (aka Zédu) was president form 1979 till 2017😭
Interesting!
In Poland we had 3 female prime ministers (1 in 1990s and 2 in 2010s)🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
I honestly think this is one of the best videos you ever made
Pls do a video on the descendants of those female world leaders of different countries
What a phenomenal job you did on analyzing the why’s, giving an estimate for future women leaders and disapproval for US’ lack of female leadership. Bold, daring & so eloquently put. Well done, fellow lady. 🎉
I don't know about other female leaders but what can be said about the Prime Minister's rule in Sri Lanka is that it is a very visionary program that was prepared with an eye to the future. Still, unfortunately, the entire public did not like it.
God I love this channel. Only two minutes in and I’m in love ❤
Women in governance and politics need to do a better job of protecting children from abuse. Men won't and can't do it, so women must!
the swiss government formed by 7 politicians (today 4 men and tre women) and the president is elected off one of those for a year
We only just scratched the surface with Thatcher. As a queer woman I can say the affect that women had in the queer community is still being felt today. Not only did she perpetuate all the scaremongering during the AIDS crisis and also tried to prevent the distribution of life saving medication that could help those with HIV live longer but she also implemented Section 28 which prevented homosexuality from being taught in schools and like banned books with even the tiniest reference to anything queer from being available in schools and public libraries. Section 28 was only repealed in 2003 but the affects of it are still felt across the UK now with LGBT topics only becoming part of the curriculum in 2019 and now in the US with the Don't Say Gay Bill and other similar bills going through history is repeating. And don't go thinking that I am holding her to a worse standard to the men cus Reagan at the time was doing very similar during the AIDS crisis and that was awful.
Great video! And you only have to go into the comments to see that simply mentioning women in power is enough to send some people (men, probably) into paroxysms of rage. And people ask why we still need women's day!
Very interesting!
I'm happy that the comments section is looking very tolerant and respectful of the idea that gender =/ competency. And also I'm glad that the mention of women in politics isn't getting backlash here, because usually in most other spaces it would be handwaved off in the best of situations.
I don't think being a woman will lead to better leadership or happier countries. I do like the idea that happier countries might be more likely to elect female leaders/are more ingrained to gender equality though. Maybe that means happier countries are the most egalitarian countries and we should adopt more egalitarian philosophy.
I was hoping to see æthelflæd, lady of mercia. Daughter of alfread the great. She ruled as lady (queen) of mercia after her husband died
Correction: Indira Gandhi didn't go to war with Pakistan she helped East Pakistan with troops to combat the soldiers of West Pakistan at that time as East Pakistan lacked trained soldiers THE WAR WAS BETWEEN EAST PAKISTAN NOW BANGLADESH AND WEST PAKISTAN and this war is known as the Liberation War of Bangladesh
If you understand the historic context between the two. The two have been at each other's throats for a long time. The Bangledeshi war of independence was an example of a proxy war. The area of Kashmir is a major talking point
Thatcher was absolutely vile. For a pile of reasons mentioned in other comments, and also her behaviour towards Scotland.
Could you do a video on the ladies in waiting to Elizabeth II
Girl when I saw this video come up on my recommended I screamed. Love your vids, happy women's history month
At 17:55, who was the female leader of China in the 1980s? There's something wrong with the data used for the map!
Correction: Sheik hasina is longest serving and current incumbent PM of Bangladesh with a 18+ years tenure, Indira Gandhi's total tenure is nearly 16 years ranking her Much higher
I'm so happy this video came out on my birthday today❤
happy birthday!!
@@lfgifu296 aww thank you☺
Happy Birthday 🎂
love from Spain 🙋🏼♀️
@@i.e.5089 thank you!
Great video. Actually Sirimavo Bandaranaike was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for more than 17 years (1960-1965; 1970-1977; 1994-2000), was she is not in the list?
Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister of India for more than 15 years and not 11 (1966-1977; 1980-1984).
Same with Sheikh Hasina, she was PM of Bangladesh for more than 19 years (1996-2001; 2009-Today).
The worse of the lot was Thatcher. She ordered attacks on innocent black children and for a scientific to call themselves "conservative " is not only a contradiction but an oxymoron. When she died.....we partied on the streets of London singing "Ding Dong the wytch is dead"........and funny enough....that Wizard of Oz song went of the top.of the pops....the year she died. She was loathed by do many people,who because her policies suffered so unnecessarily.
With Thatcher, Theresa May or Liz Truss? Hell no!!
I’m so glad someone said this😂 England and female leaders don’t go well at all for once I’d sooner trust a bloke😂
Yea uk seems to get screwed over when it comes for looking for role models of women in power
Liz Truss is already forgotten ...
I agree with you. I enjoy Lindsay’s documentaries, but I lived through Thatcher and I cannot tolerate her again. She destroyed Britain and eroded all the values we held dear. Britain has no identity anymore and its demise is Thatcher’s legacy.
Thatcher was a divisive figure. If the UK does break up, many of its issues could be attributed to:
She experimenting a tax on Scotland, which screwed any chance for the Scottish conservatists from winning in the Scottish elections in the future
Essentially destroying the economy of Wales due to de-industrialisation, with the country being split between Labour and Plaid Cymuru
Keeping the south of England rich and the north poor, fueling resentment of the northerners to the south
Having a bad relationship with the Irish nationalists and breaking promises with the unionists, contributing to the former's rise
Lindsay: I find it deeply vexing, that my own country, and one of the world's oldest surviving democracies, has continuesly failed to elect a woman to the top seat"
Me, a czech: Oh I feel you-
(obviously not the oldest democracy bit but still-)
Proud that Sāmoa now has its first female prime minister. ❤️
I am from Sri Lanka❤
Unknown public fact:
Golda Meir worked as a social secretary to an upper middle class Palestinian family for a number of years...
She was liked and Loved by the family and joined them on family picnics, holiday trips, birthday parties...etc...
When Palestine was taken over by the zionists and became Israel, she came into her position of power... the family that Loved her and accepted her for so many years, were ordered to leave their home that they had for generations and decades...
Intruction orders came from her, and the Palestinian family (just like thousands of others) were given 24hours to pack only personal items in 1 suitcase per person to leave...
The Palestinian homes inclusive of furniture, decorative items, clothes, pets...etc were then taken over by new Israeli settlers, who happily moved in.
She did well for her people and her new nation, but was not heroic or a respectable human being otherwise.
Such mean and cold thieving behaviour is not something to be proud of...
not for her or all those new Israelis who moved into and stole other peoples homes.
sirima bandaranayake
I love all of your videos but this was particularly great. I definitely feel more women need to be in power to challenge the male dominated status quo. A fresh and new perspective is needed.
New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote
If Susan B Anthony was alive to see this, knowing women can do politics.
Susan wasnt that great
You missed Sri Lanka in the Happiness index to have a female elected leader!
I loved this video! I want more like this!
Make a video about parents of presidents pls
Hawaii definitely had a princess ruling it right before America took possession of it.
She was a queen, and she was amazing!
Unfortunately, this list is for non Royalty leaders only so the Queen of Hawaii would not have counted. But you can still see her video on this channel.
It was a Queen who didn't deserve to be illegally annexed by greedy Nations.
Im sure this episode could have a part/2
I feel the same way about male teachers
love this channel
I doubt that Isabel Perón will be highly regarded in Argentina
Don’t forget when you have a great leader and it’s a man but people are happy more then likely their is a strong woman that leads with her husband. Together everyone is stronger.
Why was the NZ flag shown in the flags for the first female leaders? There were no NZ leaders in the list
It was about the first woman in political history to take office, New Zealand didn’t have its first female PM , Jenny Shipley until 1997.
2015 in Saudi Arabia for the female vote. Just wow!
The bipartisan system in the USA amd the heavy cost of campaigning might have something to do with that
Great video thank you for including Indra Gandhi love from Mumbai India 🇮🇳 even tho you didn’t pronounce Jawal lal Nauru correctly 😂 as my mother always says ”Hindi is no rocket science you read what you write”
As someone who grew up in a cou try that has had 2 female leaders, no we aren't happier.
You forgot about the first female president of Brazil
The video is in timeline order not who was the first female leader of each country. Former President Rousseff was 40 years off from this list.
U clearly cant read lol
I found your video very informative, though I hope one day, we can discard all gender based polls and go by merit, it sound better but I'm just one person
A shame a country like Sweden only had 1 female primeminister so far, and only for like 6 months...
More than female presidents here in the US where male politicians openly use the Bible and ministration against us and
The women of the Supreme Court would be a good series
Our former prime minister Smt Indira Gandhi was pretty good. With some bold moves like nationalisation of banks , 1971 war , green revolution, operation bule star she contributed to our nation very much. But her some decisions for her own political ambitions like imposing emergency should be criticised
Omg where is benazir bhutto???? I'm not watching till u don't include her
You cleary cant read .this is the frist 10 she wasn't one of the first 10 women elected
Please make a leizu and neithotep from egypt and China. 🙏🙏🙏
Absolutely, I agree that as we continue to evolve spiritually over the coming years and decades, women will lead most societies and communities on Earth. This is the era of the Divine Feminine. Male and Female, Yin and Yang working together as One. Women and men make up the consciousness of God. They will be equally in charge, in love and respect. The Planet is getting kinder and more loving. Women will play a hugely prominent role in the coming near future.
There is a strange overlap between women having a degree in chemistry and leading a European country: Margaret Thatcher, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Angela Merkel...
Hold on tight, Filipino fans! We're just at the tip of the iceberg!
We don't Deserved Cory.
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I cannot stress enough how much of a HUGE f-up Golda Meir was to Israel in 1973.
You forgot the first elected female Presedent Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. Iceland 🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸
And reelected 2 more times
She was presedent from 1980-1996
She came after 1980 so wouldn’t have counted.
Indira was a brute and she deserved what she got. And if anything, she should not be remembered as a great leader who did anything for the citizens of her country. Upon her sanction, Operation Blue Star happened. Yes there was a militant group as you would call it. But it is less that, and more of the fact that bystanders were killed mercilessly, alongside the near destruction of a religious shrine. The media censorship that followed suppressed facts of the reality of what was occurring in Punjab. For gods sake she practically held the place of a dictator. The riots that followed her assassination brought death and hate to the Sikh Religon as a whole.
My own grandfather (a truck driver who was at that time not in Punjab), admitted to me that he couldn’t go anywhere with his beard and turban. So he rid them, to keep his life for the sake of his family.
It surprises me how many people were completely blind to the atrocities, but the moment someone they supported came into question they jumped up and killed/tortured their own Sikh neighbors, colleagues, and friends. Her one move brought about excessive harm to a certain group of her citizens. Declaring emergency was a weak move, her attempts at creating what many assume could only be a socialist state, and her mishandling of groups that either disagreed with her or revealed something she didn’t like. And there is no one more to blame than the overly glorified Indira Gandhi.
You go, girls! 💞
What about President Cory Aquino? Sheis the first d3mocratically elected leader in the southeast asia during her time, she should be part of this video I believe though.
I'm a little disappointed that Corazon Aquino isn't on this list because she has done so much for us to oust a dictator and stop martial law with a powerful revolution in 1986, the same year she became the first female Filipino president.
Nevertheless, these women are also interesting to learn about in time for Women's Month 💕
She may be in part 2 as she became leader almost half a decade after than number 10 on the video.
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You cleary cant read
I think we will see the first female UN Secretary-General soon