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Jenny Shipley

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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