SOME WOMEN WHO INSPIRE US WITH THEIR LIVES
BENAZIR BHUTTO : The Unique Woman Of Pakistan
She was born on 21 June 1953 in Karachi / Pakistan . Her father was Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , former prime minister of Pakistan . She completed her education at Oxford and Harvard . After her father was executed , she led the PPP that her father had founded . She served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996 and was the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim majority nation . She died as a result of an assassination attempt on 27 December 2007 .
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT : A First Lady In The Fight For Human Rights
Eleanor Roosevelt was an American diplomat and activist who served as the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 during her husband President Franklin D . Roosevelt ‘ s four terms in office , making her the longest serving First Lady of the United States . Roosevelt then served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952 . She has taken a very active role in the writing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . Eleanor Roosevelt held press conferences , doing something other first ladies never did . She saw the male dominance in journalism and decided to do something about it . By prohibiting male journalists from coming to press conferences , she forced those who wanted to report on the press conference to have female journalists .