Women World Leaders: Fifteen Great Politicians Tell Their Stories

Living in the world today there are more than one dozen women who are, or have been, leaders of their country. Laura Liswood, in an unprecedented journey which took her into corridors of power around the world, has conducted one-to-one interviews with each of these fifteen women ...Living in the world today there are more than one dozen women who are, or have been, leaders of their country. Laura Liswood, in an unprecedented journey which took her into corridors of power around the world, has conducted one-to-one interviews with each of these fifteen women.

Using this unique material, Liswood analyses the obstacles these politicians have faced in attaining high office, examines whether, once in power, they have been able to further the cause of women in their countries, and assesses the differences between male and female leaders. Never before has there been such a complete document of women as world leaders. Each politician has a riveting - and sometimes surprising - story of her own; but together, with all their cultural diversities, successes and failures, dramas and tragedies, they form a stunning collection.