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The Social Democrats leader, Helle Thorning Schmidt smiles as she delivers a speech at the party's election headquarters after the announcement of the Danish parliamentary elections in Copenhagen on September 16, 2011
Friday, Sep. 16, 2011

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  • On Sept. 15 Helle Thorning-Schmidt led her political alliance to victory in Denmark, paving the way for her to become the country's first female Prime Minister. In honor of female politicians kicking through glass ceilings, TIME takes a look at 13 women who have made it to the top
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