Ocupation: President of Chile
Life: b. September 29, 1951
Birthday: September 29
It was said that Chile was not ready to vote for a woman, it was traditionally a sexist country. In the end, the reverse happened: the fact of being a woman became a symbol of the process of cultural change the country was undergoing.
source: "Michelle, top woman in a macho world" by Diane Dixon, www.theguardian.com. April 02, 2006.
topic: Country, Facts, Vote, Cultural Change