MEXICO CITY — With a decisive primary victory Sunday night, Josefina Vazquez Mota became the first woman to represent a major party in the Mexican presidential election, which backers hope will excite voters weary of the drug violence and political gridlock of her party’s leader, President Felipe Calderon. Read full article > >

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3 Mexican presidential hopefuls vie to lead a nation weary of politics

Sharon Bialek, accompanied by celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, became the first woman to publicly accuse Mr. Cain of sexual harassment.

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The Caucus: Woman Says Cain Groped Her; He Denies Accusation

She was the first woman on a major-party ticket.

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Former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro dies

Dilma Rousseff is elected to succeed Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and becomes Brazil’s first woman president.

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Rousseff wins Brazilian election

As Teresa Lewis is set to become the first woman to be executed in the US for five years, Briton Linda Carty continues to await the same fate for killing a young mother in Texas.

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Death row Briton’s last hope for mercy

Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been sworn into office, becoming the first woman elected to the post in the nation’s history.

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Gillard sworn in as Australian PM