Women Rulers

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
from internet. Boadicea Haranguing The Britons. John Opie, R.A. (1761-1807). Oil On Canvas.

from internet. Boadicea Haranguing The Britons. John Opie, R.A. (1761-1807). Oil On Canvas.

Since 1501 BC and 2012 there has been a total of 196 women heads of state worldwide. The number of men is not countable (by me anyway)

A staggering piece of trivia that I learnt whilst researching a debate I am in and I had to pass it on.

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About Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
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8 Responses to Women Rulers

  1. litadoolan's avatar litadoolan says:
    February 22, 2014 at 10:32 pm

    Powerful painting. Good post. Great learning something new.

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  2. MR's avatar M. R. says:
    February 23, 2014 at 6:05 am

    Crikey! – that many? You amaze me, Irene. :-\

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  3. Raewyn's Photos's avatar Raewyn's Photos says:
    February 23, 2014 at 7:20 am

    Something wrong somewhere. Us women need to redress that statistic. 😀

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    • Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist's avatar Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
      February 23, 2014 at 7:26 am

      New Zealand has done its bit but yes it brought it home to me that it is time to redress. We’ll never catch up but it would be nice to be 50:50 instead of the 29% it currently is worldwide of women in parliamentary seats in single or lower chambers of government. 😊

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  4. Sherri Matthews's avatar Sherri says:
    February 24, 2014 at 11:52 pm

    Staggering indeed Irene, thanks for sharing.

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