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Jenny Shipley, Prime Minister, New Zealand, 1997-1999, representing the National Party (conservative).
Address to UN Fourth World Conference on Women
Speaking as the New Zealand Minister of Women's Affairs, Jenny Shipley addresses the Beijing UN World Women's Conference.
Cracks In The Coalition
Time.com article, August 1998, on the near collapse of Shipley's government.
Irresistible Force Meets Movable Object
TIME article, 1997, on the rise of Jenny Shipley to the position of Prime Minister, New Zealand's first woman to hold that office.
Rt Hon Jenny Shipley, Prime Minister
Official New Zealand executive government web site profile of Jenny Shipley, Prime Minister in 1997-1999.
Sticking to the Course
TIME article in December, 1997, on the incoming Shipley government.
Vote of Confidence Disavowal
Helen Clark challenges Jenny Shipley's government in 1998, as one woman challenges another for their respective parties' leadership in New Zealand.

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