Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-277) and index
Presents biographical sketches of women who have been influential in the world's political arenas throughout history
Ancient world -- Cleopatra VII -- Isabella I -- Catherine de Medicis -- Mary, Queen of Scots -- Catherine the Great -- Sojourner Truth -- Woman's suffrage -- Elizabeth C. Stanton -- Susan B. Anthony -- Queen Victoria -- Tz'u-hsi -- Queen Liliuokalani -- Aleksandra Kollontai -- Jeannette Rankin -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Margaret Chase Smith -- Golda Meir -- Sirimavo Bandaranaike -- Indira Gandhi -- Ella Grasso -- Eugenia Charles -- Eva Peron -- Bella Abzug -- Shirley Chisholm -- Margaret Thatcher -- Jeane Kirkpatrick -- Violeta Barrios de Chamorro -- Sandra Day O'Connor -- Vigdis Finnbogadottir --Nancy Kassebaum -- Corazon Aquino -- Madeleine Kunin -- Ann Richards -- Jane Byrne -- Edith Cresson -- Geraldine Ferraro -- Barbara Jordan -- Barbara Mikulski -- 1992: year of the woman -- Dianne Feinstein -- Barbara Boxer -- Carol Moseley-Braun -- Madeleine Albright -- Gro Harlem Brundtland -- Patricia Schroeder -- Mary Robinson -- Wilma Mankiller -- Christie Todd Whitman -- Hanna Suchocka -- Tansu Ciller -- Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Olympia Snowe -- Kim Campbell -- Benazir Bhutto -- Activists -- gloria Steinem -- Aung San Suu Kyi -- Bernadette Devlin McAliskey -- Women in world politics -- Important dates in women's political history -- Organizations and online sites