# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\
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**Female World Leaders**

1. Indira Gandhi
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. Maria Theresa
4. Angela Merkel
5. Golda Meir
6. Catherine the Great
7. Corazon Aquino
8. Cleopatra
9. Jacinda Ardern
10. Katrin Jakobsdottir
11. Victoria

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**Female World Leaders**

1. Indira Gandhi
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. Maria Theresa
4. Angela Merkel
5. Golda Meir
6. Catherine the Great
7. Corazon Aquino
8. Cleopatra
9. Jacinda Ardern
10. Katrin Jakobsdottir
11. Victoria
12. Benazir Bhutto

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**Female World Leaders**

1. Indira Gandhi
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. Maria Theresa
4. Angela Merkel
5. Golda Meir
6. Catherine the Great
7. Corazon Aquino
8. Cleopatra
9. Jacinda Ardern
10. Katrin Jakobsdottir
11. Victoria
12. Benazir Bhutto
13. Sirimavo Bandaranaike

The world’s first female Prime Minister, elected in 1960

Continuing and modifying the category

**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines

She should be President, Marcos Jr having defeated her in the recent election with massive lies and corruption

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**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen

First woman President of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9268 "2022-05-18T23:47:20Z")

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**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9269 "2022-05-19T00:40:00Z")

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**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)
4. Catherine the Great of Russia

Not to be confused with she who stole my heart, who was _ **A̲L̲S̲O̲** _ Katherine the Great _(at least so far as I was concerned)_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9270 "2022-05-19T00:42:20Z")

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Catherine the Great was already mentioned in the previous round.

**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)
4. Queen Elizabeth I of England

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9271 "2022-05-19T00:52:20Z")

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So she was. _Mea culpa._

**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)
4. Queen Elizabeth I of England
5. Rosa Parks

Early leader of the Civil Rights Movement in America famed for her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery AL bus, which led to the Montgomery bus boycott.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9272 "2022-05-19T06:15:54Z")

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**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)
4. Queen Elizabeth I of England
5. Rosa Parks
6. Sandra Day O’Connor

First woman on the Supreme Court

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9273 "2022-05-19T10:47:20Z")

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**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)
4. Queen Elizabeth I of England
5. Rosa Parks
6. Sandra Day O’Connor
7. [Dr. Mildred Jefferson](https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/dr-mildred-jefferson-41)

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9274 "2022-05-19T16:06:17Z")

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**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)
4. Queen Elizabeth I of England
5. Rosa Parks
6. Sandra Day O’Connor
7. [Dr. Mildred Jefferson](https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/dr-mildred-jefferson-41)
8. Indira Gandhi

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9275 "2022-05-19T16:37:48Z")

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> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> **Female Leaders**  
> 8. Indira Gandhi

Ms. Gandhi led off the first listing.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9276 "2022-05-19T17:12:11Z")

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**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)
4. Queen Elizabeth I of England
5. Rosa Parks
6. Sandra Day O’Connor
7. [Dr. Mildred Jefferson](https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/dr-mildred-jefferson-41)
8. Ozma of Oz

from the Baum books

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9277 "2022-05-19T19:56:42Z")

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**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)
4. Queen Elizabeth I of England
5. Rosa Parks
6. Sandra Day O’Connor
7. Dr. Mildred Jefferson
8. Ozma of Oz
9. Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley

Last commanding officer and sole survivor (other than Jones the ship’s cat) of the USCSS _Nostromo_

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9278 "2022-05-19T22:47:05Z")

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**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)
4. Queen Elizabeth I of England
5. Rosa Parks
6. Sandra Day O’Connor
7. Dr. Mildred Jefferson
8. Ozma of Oz
9. Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley
10. Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor

First female Cabinet member (under FDR) and longest-serving Secretary of Labor, 1933-1945

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9279 "2022-05-19T23:40:08Z")

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**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)
4. Queen Elizabeth I of England
5. Rosa Parks
6. Sandra Day O’Connor
7. Dr. Mildred Jefferson
8. Ozma of Oz
9. Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley
10. Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor
11. Ma Ferguson

First woman to be elected Governor of Texas

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**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)
4. Queen Elizabeth I of England
5. Rosa Parks
6. Sandra Day O’Connor
7. Dr. Mildred Jefferson
8. Ozma of Oz
9. Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley
10. Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor
11. Ma Ferguson
12. Susanna Madora Salter

First woman mayor in the US; elected in 1887 in the small town of Argonia, Kansas

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**Female Leaders**

1. Leni Robredo, VP of the Philippines
2. Ursula von der Leyen
3. Queen Beatrix (Former Queen of the Netherlands)
4. Queen Elizabeth I of England
5. Rosa Parks
6. Sandra Day O’Connor
7. Dr. Mildred Jefferson
8. Ozma of Oz
9. Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley
10. Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor
11. Ma Ferguson
12. Susanna Madora Salter
13. Eleanor of Aquitaine

**Actors/actresses who have played good people and bad people**

1. Sigourney Weaver

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**Actors/actresses who have played good people and bad people**

1. Sigourney Weaver
2. Jack Nicholson

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**Actors/actresses who have played good people and bad people**

1. Sigourney Weaver
2. Jack Nicholson
3. Billy Zane

He was the Phantom and the Devil!

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