Evidence

Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister

G-FEM-08 · gap-feminism

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Became first female prime minister on December 1, 1988; "the first woman leader of a Muslim nation in modern history" — Benazir Bhutto becomes prime minister · 1 December 1988Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Benazir Bhutto' · 1 December 1988Source named — not yet verified

Source

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Benazir Bhutto' — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benazir-Bhutto. Matched to the source page by an automated research pass on 6 Oct 2026; not yet checked by a person..

What it proves

Pakistan elected a woman head of government decades before many Western states, a point for compatibility of women's leadership and Muslim society.

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