Patricia Leach, assistant chief of the Catwba Nation, sits at her desk in the tribe administration building. (Nick Sullivan/[email protected]) No one expected Patricia Leach to lead the ...

If you fish in your pocket or purse for a U.S. quarter today, there’s a chance you’ll see Wilma Mankiller’s face. She was the Cherokee Nation’s first female principal chief, and she inspired ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Japan’s parliament elected Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday evening. Takaichi succeeds Shigeru Ishiba, ...

Years before women could vote, an Oregon woman became the nation's--and Oregon's--first female governor. Kylie Pine and Kaylyn Mabey from the Willamette Heritage Center joined us to share a little of ...

WASHINGTON — In a final love letter to San Francisco, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who made history as the nation’s first female speaker of the House and twice served in that top job, said Thursday she will not ...

Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh's first female prime minister and an arch-rival of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina, has died from a ...

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's parliament on Tuesday elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister, and she underlined her commitment to boosting Japanese defense as she ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new ...