TIME’s Person Of The Year Hasn’t Been A Solo Woman In 26 Years
President Obama won this year, but women like teen activist Malala Yousafzai and Yahoo CEO Marisa Mayer were shortlisted for the title.
1. 2012: Barack Obama
The cover was announced Wednesday morning. President Obama has already been named “Person of the Year” by Time — in 2008. The magazine has recognized women as part of groups for its annual year-end honor, but not just one woman on her own since 1987.
7. 2006: You
It’s entirely possible that you’re a woman, but “You” still fails to recognize individually inspiring female leadership.
11. 2002: The Whistleblowers
It was great to see three women — Cynthia Cooper of Worldcom, Coleen Rowley of the FBI, Sherron Watkins of Enron — on the ‘02 cover, but still suggests no woman was strong enough a figure to stand on her own.
16. 1998: Kenneth Starr and Bill Clinton
This was the last year it was referred to as “Man of the Year.”
21. 1993: The Peacemakers
Yitzhak Rabin, Nelson Mandela, F.W. DeKlerk, and Yasser Arafat.
28. 1986: Corazon Aquino
She served as president of the Philippines and was the most recent individual woman chosen by TIME for the iconic cover. Despite “Man of the Year” being the official designation at the time, the magazine labeled her “Woman of the Year.”
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kefkai 5 months agoWhy would Marisa Mayer make the cover…? I don’t really see any reason for that suggestion at all. Just because she’s a business woman? Oh boy. I’d rather see Hillary Clinton on there than a CEO of a company that’s been doing pretty badly for the past what, 10 years or so?
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JonHaven360 5 months ago
I always wanted to put on my resume that I was Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. I was in 2006.. so… I would be stupid not to put it! XD
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benjaminc5 5 months agoI love it when concern trolls put their focus on a liberal magazine. Don’t like it? Tough. The editors picked who they wanted, and that’s that.
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Ali Wherewithall 5 months ago
Big Bush and Little Bush made the cover 3 times?? WTF. Should have given KATHERINE HARRIS the title in 2000, without her, W. wouldn’t even have made the cover once.
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