Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi was the first female prime minister of India from 1966-1977. Both Gandhi and her family are known for their work towards India's independence from Britain. One of her biggest policies came in the form of poverty abolishment and family planning. She received a lot of criticism for her voluntary serilization program to control population growth.

In order to control rioting, Gandhi declared a state of emergency in 1975. She allowed for elections in 1977 and was voted out of office. She regained her office in 1980, but was assassinated by her bodyguards on October 31, 1984.

Charlotte de Corday

On July 17, 1793 Charlotte de Corday was executed by guillotine for the murder of prominent French revolutionary, Jean-Paul Marat. Marat was a journalist and a member of the radical Jacobin party, who specifically supported the September Massacres, which was Corday's reasoning for killing him. The assassination took place on July 13. Charlotte was very calculated and the assassination was definitely premeditated. The day of the assassination, Corday bought a dinner knife and wrote Adresse aux Français amis des lois et de la paix (Letter to the French People Who are Friends of Law and Peace), explaining what, how, and why she was committing the aassassination She went to Marat's home and told him that she had information pertaining to a Girondist rebellion. Marat, who commonly conducted business from his bath tub due to a skin condition, took down the names Corday gave him and was stabbed in the chest by Corday the dinner knife that she hiding in her scarf.

Eva Peron

The second wife of President Juan Domingo Peron of Argentina, Eva wanted to run for Vice President but was prevented from running by her husband. She was named the “Spiritual Leader of the Nation” in 1952. Eva created the first large female political in Argentina , the Female Peronist Party. She also founded the Eva Peron Foundation in 1948, which provides scholarships for underprivilaged children, and built homes, hospitals, and orphanages in underdeveloped areas. In 1950, Eva was diagnosed with cervical cancer, but the diagnosis was withheld from her by her husband. By 1951 she could not stand without help. Eva died in July, 1952. Her body placed on permanent display until a monument could be completed. After the coup d’etat in 1955, her husband fled the country so quickly that he did make arrangements for her body. Eva’s body went missing until 1971.