UNITED KINGDOM — Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon ... although 42% of its members of parliament are female, one of the highest figures. It has not had a female head of state in the ...
Nancy Astor became Britain’s first woman Member of Parliament in 1919. Margaret Thatcher became the first woman Prime Minister in 1979, but today there are still far fewer women MPs compared to men.
Eleni Skoura was the first woman elected to the Greek parliament, in a historic moment for the all-male institution.