Famous women...

This just came in on the news:
Argentina's first lady (i.e. the wife of the present President) Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is the first woman elected president in Argentina. She will take over her husband in Dec.

Other famous women:
Hilary Clinton - New York Senator, candidate for 2008 presidential elections
Angela Merkel - 1st female German Chancellor
Condoleezza Rice - US Secretary of State
Indira Ghandi - former Prime Minister of India
Aung San Suu Kyi - pro-democracy activist, advocate of non-violent resistance in Myanmar
Mother Theresa - an Albanian Roman Catholic nun who gave her life to charity work in India and won the Nobel Peace Prize
Ho Ching - CEO of Temasek Holdings
Olivia Lum - CEO of Hyflux Group

This should be enough for an AQ about women....I'm sure you have more e.g. of your own