When the rest of the world elected women leaders

Bhutto is nominated as Pakistan prime minister (December 1988)

Los Angeles Times cov­er­age of Benazir Bhutto’s elec­tion as prime min­is­ter of Pakistan.

“Bhutto’s cru­sade to avenge her ex­ecuted fath­er, Prime Min­is­ter Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, ended 107 days after the death in a plane crash of her foe, Zia.”

Sources: Los Angeles Times, December 1, 1988.