{"product_id":"9781800182523","title":"Women Who Won","description":"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eDid you know that Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka was the first woman in the world to become a democratically elected prime minister? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThat Tina Anselmi of Italy was a wartime resistance fighter who became the first woman to serve as a cabinet minister? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eOr that Sylvie Kinigi of Burundi was the first woman to serve as a prime minister in Africa? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is high time these extraordinary women who helped shape our world became household names, and this book brings them at last to the fore.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWomen Who Won \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a celebration of 70 women from the last 100 years: politicians from around the globe who fought for election in a man’s world… and won. Beautifully illustrated by artist Emmy Lupin, it features well-known figures, including Kamala Harris, Benazir Bhutto, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Jacinda Ardern and Julia Gillard, alongside lesser-known women whose stories are ready to be heard:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShidzue Katō, one of the first women elected to the Diet of Japan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYulia Tymoshenko, the first woman prime minister of Ukraine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the US Congress\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeri-Khan Sofieva, the first democratically elected Muslim woman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEthel Blondin-Andrew, the first Indigenous woman elected to Canadian parliament\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWomen of the past, but also women of the present and future. Women who smashed the political glass ceiling. Women who fought to leave a positive legacy for future generations. Women who paved the way for girls of today to become women who won.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Ros Ball","offers":[{"title":"Unbound |  Hardback | Cloth over boards |  2023-10-13","offer_id":44230088360191,"sku":"9781800182523","price":40.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fc7d90ba-63da-4de1-8a3f-485c322d4459.jpg?v=1693005503","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781800182523","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}