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The first female president of the Philippines Isabel de Peron, wearing a dark coat with a wing-shaped pin, looks to the side with a slight smile. Her hair is styled in a high bouffant. Pratibha Patil Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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6 of the First Women to Become Heads of State: Media

How six women became leaders, from Iceland to the Philippines.
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The first female president of the Philippines
Corazon Aquino (right), 1986.
© Gerald B. Johnson/U.S. Department of Defense
Isabel Perón
Isabel Perón, c. 1975.
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Pratibha Patil
Pratibha Patil.
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Liberian politician and economist Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 2008.
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