When Vigdis Finnbogadottir assumed Iceland's presidency on August 1 1980, she made history as the first elected female head of state in the world.
Current Iceland prime minister Katrin Jakobsdottir, who grew up with Vigdis Finnbogadottir as president, says that 'Finnbogadottir paved the way for the rest'. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Sri Lanka's Sirimavo Bandaranaike, India's Indira Gandhi, Israel's Golda Meir and Britain's Margaret Thatcher all came to power before Finnbogadottir, but as prime ministers. For the last 11 years, Iceland has topped the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap index -- although a 13.7 percent income gap remains, according to Eurostat.
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