When the rest of the world elected women leaders

Ireland elects its 1st woman president (November 1980)

Los Angeles Times cov­er­age of Mary Robin­son’s elec­tion as pres­id­ent of Ire­land.

“For the wo­man who star­ted the cam­paign as a 1,000-to-1 out­sider, it was a stun­ning vic­tory against the well-oiled elec­tion ma­chine of the rul­ing Fianna Fail Party that has dom­in­ated Ir­ish polit­ics for 60 years.”

Sources: Los Angeles Times, November 9, 1980.