This database provides information about women in political leadership in the European Union. First Ladies of the United States of America Biographies written by Margaret B. Klaphthor, Curator Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution. National First Ladies' Library Detailed bibliographies, including listings of articles, theses, and manuscript collections. Congresswomen's Biographies Brief biographies of all the women who have served in the U.S. House of Representatives. Women World Leaders Women political leaders and rulers from 1945 to the present.
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Its mission is to promote greater understanding and knowledge about women's relationship to politics and government and to enhance women's influence and leadership in public life. CAWP is a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. It consists of national women organisations of the 15 member states and of european organisations. The Feminist Majority Foundation Provides information for and about women candidates and women's issues. An international organization which focuses on female human rights.