Powerful Female Role Models

This afternoon's piece discusses what it means to have a woman leading the IMF. Our writer Savita Iyer-Ahrestani says:

"Lagarde has everything it takes to be in the front line of the IMF, yet one of her greatest strengths is that she believes in the power of women as women, and that she does not reject her gender, says Galbraith. Indeed, her gender will play a key role in the way in which she takes the IMF forward, she says, and it will come to bear upon the way the multilateral institution runs in the future."

What powerful women do you consider role models? Why?