Nexhmije Hoxha

Albanian Communist Nexhmije Hoxha was the first lady of Socialist Albania for more than 40 years, from 1944 to 1985, as the wife of Enver Hoxha. She was one of the few spouses of a ruling Communist party leader to gain her own high political profile.

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Chabi

Empress Chabi was wife of Kublai (or Qubilai) Grand Khan of the Mongols, and the first Mongol empress of China.

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Edna Beard

The first woman elected to the Vermont House of Representatives, in 1921, just a year after the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote in the United States.

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Agnes Ballard

American architect and educator, the first female registered architect in Florida and one of the first women to be elected to a public office in Florida

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