New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has become only the second leader to give birth while in office, in another milestone for women in politics.
The 37-year-old took to Instagram to reveal the birth of her daughter Thursday, but has downplayed the significance of her pregnancy.
“Plenty of women have multitasked before me, and I want to acknowledge that,” she said in January.
Here are some of the other historic moments for women in government.
– Women get the vote –
New Zealand has a track record of being progressive on women’s issues — in 1893 it became the first country to give women the right to vote. Australia extended the franchise in 1902.
Major powers of the era followed later, with the United States granting women the vote nationally in 1920. Women in Britain had to wait until 1928.
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