Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1980 , Icelanders elected VigdÃ s FinnbogadÃ ttir as president , the country 's first directly elected female head of state .
Simplified: In 1980 , VigdÃ s FinnbogadÃ ttir was elected president of Iceland . She was the first woman ever to be elected president of a country .