Sirimavo bandaranaike biography of abraham lincoln

Sri Lankan politician and the first woman prime minister in the world, who led her country through a stressful period of national growth and raised Sri Lanka to a respectable position in the community of Asian nations.Name variations: Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike.

Sirimavo Bandaranaike: World's First Female PM's Biography

Born Sirimavo Ratwatte (or Ratevatte) in Ratnapura, Balangoda, in southern Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), on April 17, 1916; died on October 10, 2000; daughter of Barnes Ratwatte and Rosemund (Mahawalatenne) Ratwatte; educated at Ferguson High School, Ratnapura, and St. Bridget's Convent, Colombo; married Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, in October 1940; children: one son,Anura (b.

1949); two daughters, Sunethra Rupasinghe, andChandrika Kumaratunga(elected president of Sri Lanka in 1994).

When her husband became prime minister, Bandaranaike was active in Ceylon's main political women's organization, the Lanka Mahila Samiti; after his assassination (1959), she suc Ten Best Abraham Lincoln Biographies - The Englewood Review ...