Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Standard Name: Bandaranaike, Sirimavo
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21 July 1960: Sirimavo Bandaranaike became Prime Minister...
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21 July 1960
Sirimavo Bandaranaike became Prime Minister of Ceylon, and the first woman head of state in the Commonwealth.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.