"Executive Position" is a broad term, subject to various interpretations. One could even say that a woman who owned and tended a bar or brothel was in an "executive position", which would make any "Madame" of the old west - or ancient Babylon - one of the first to hold that position.
However, one could best make a case for Ruth Leech, who IBM had named as a Vice President back in 1943. True, positions below that can be considered "executive" in some cases, but at the VP level there is no doubt.
The editor of the Washington Post is Sally Buzbee. She was appointed as the executive editor in June 2021, becoming the first woman to hold this position in the publication's history.
She was the first woman to hold a presidential cabinet position.
The executive branch.
Pelosi is the first female Speaker of the House.
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the first person to hold the title "Taoiseach" was Eamon De Valera when the office was created in 1937. Before that the Prime Minister was called the "President of the Executive Council". The first holder of that office was William Cosgrave
In the United States, women were legally allowed to hold executive office starting with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, which granted women the right to vote. However, the specific ability to hold executive office varied by state and was influenced by local laws. The first woman to hold an executive office in the U.S. was elected in the 1930s, but comprehensive legal equality in all states took several more decades to achieve.
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Frances Coralie Perkins was the first woman to be in the U.S. Cabinet. She was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933-1945.
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Executive Director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
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