In 1933 President FDR appointed the first female Cabinet Secretary, Frances Perkins, as Labor Secretary. 30 years later Margaret Chase became the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for President at the Republican National Convention of 1964; and 20 years later, in 1984 (a date ...
Though no women find a position in King Salman's cabinet; still, women have been employed at various strategic positions both inside and outside Kingdom. This is in line with Vision 2030. The Saudi government is committed to appointing women in favorable diplomatic positions and vigorously doing...
Sir George Askwith (the charismatic industrial conciliator), as ‘Fairy Peacemaker’, has tamed the dragon of the Cotton Strike – and Asquith, wrestling to keep a seat on the Cabinet horse turns to him ‘Now that you’ve charmed yon dragon I shall need ye to stop the strike inside this...
1946-47RaniMariyumma Adi-Raja Bibi of Cannanore (India) Also known as Ali Raja Bibi Arakkal Mariumma or Ali Raja Mariumma Beevi Thangal, she was the last ruler before theprincipality was incorporated in the Republic of India. It is not known when she died, butAdiraja Ayisha Muthu Beevi ...
s influence in international diplomacy. Madeleine Albright made history in 1997 as the initialfemale Secretary of State, shaping U.S. foreign policy and championing women’s rights worldwide. More recently, Deb Haaland became the first Native American woman to serve as aCabinet Secretaryin 2021,...
Jones said that cabinet secretary for tourism Najib Balala was impressed with the ladies tour as the government agreed to a three-year contract to facilitate the event. "We shall use the template from Kenya Open for the Ladies event in Vipingo," said Jones, who sits in the European Tour bo...
If the women-to-the-back debacle of Jeremy Corbyn’s new cabinet has a silver lining, it’s the reminder that women are good for revolutions, but not all revolutions are good for us. For many on the left this is a painful truth, and one often avoided for fear of giving ammunition to...
Isabel Hilton, international journalist and founder of China Dialogue, joins Georgina Godwin for a round-up of the week’s news and culture. This week, we look back at the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the UK by-elections and fake Chinese accounts on Elon Musk’s X. ...
He served as an Assistant Secretary of Labor under Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, devoting much of his time to the War on Poverty. In 1965, he published the controversial Moynihan Report. Moynihan left the Johnson administration in 1965 and became a professor at Harvard University. ...
regional director of the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Development Economies and Stanford Seed, East Africa; Lola Kassim, general manager West Africa, Uber; Faith Khanyile, CEO, WDB Investment Holding...