First female president?

I've heard a few people asking "Can Hillary be the first elected female president?". Well the answer is no, not really. She can be the first female president in the USA but I think it's good to remember this is far behind the rest of the world when it comes to choosing women for head of state.

The first woman to represent a country at the table of G8 leaders was Margaret Thatcher. She served as prime minister of the UK from 1979 to 1990. Canadians should know the 2nd female to sit at the table. Kim Campbell was prime minister of Canada for several months after Mulrooney's resignation. However, her predecessor left such a bad taste that she was not re-elected in Canada's 1993 election.

The first female president, and one of the most notorious, was Isabel Martínez de Perón, former leader of Argentina. She was put in power after her husbands death and served from 1974-76. She was recently arrested for illedgedly organizing the disappearance of people in Argentina during her term. She awaits extradition to Argentina.

The first elected female president, and the longest serving, was former president of Iceland Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. She was Iceland's 4th president and served from 1 Aug 1980 to 1 Aug 1996.

Current female world leaders include recently elected president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who succeeds her husband in office and Pratibha Patil, India's first female president. In fact, 7 countries currently have female leaders in office.

If you'd like to read more on this one checkout the following links:
Wikipedia - female presidents
Wikipedia - first female holders of political offices
Female presidents of the world