When the rest of the world elected women leaders

Finland: Voters elect nation’s 1st female president (February 2000)

Los Angeles Times cov­er­age of Tarja Halonen’s elec­tion as pres­id­ent of Fin­land.

“Finnish voters elec­ted their first fe­male pres­id­ent after a tight run-off race that fo­cused more on per­son­al­it­ies than is­sues.”

Sources: Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2000.