If you haven’t heard the names of these women before, then you must definitely see who they are.  They are women that have managed to achieve powerful positions in there career.  Through out history, women have been considered as inferior to men, they have always been stuck with the house chores.  The logic behind this silly belief is that if you don’t give a person a chance to perform, how will you she could perform.  The traditional belief regarding women is no longer worthy of being mentioned after seeing this list.

1. Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of state U.S.
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She is the first African-American woman to become the U.S. secretary of state. She advises the leader of the world’s largest superpower and has an unparalleled level of trust with and access to the president. And she has served two other U.S. presidents, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan. For all of these reasons, and more, Rice, 50, is the most powerful woman in the world. After a four-year role as national security adviser, Rice assumed the mantle of secretary of state in January. Rice has played a key, behind-the-scenes role in all of President George W. Bush’s major decisions. “During the last four years, I’ve relied on her counsel, benefited from her great experience and appreciated her sound and steady judgment,” the president said when announcing Rice’s promotion. Bush needs her now more than ever, as his approval ratings and credibility sag, his domestic agenda is stalled, and the country grows more bitterly divided over the war in Iraq.

2 .Wu Yi
Vice Premier, minister of health, China
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Having risen up the ranks of China’s Communist Party leadership since 1962, Wu Yi, 66, became a member of the Central Committee in 2002, adding the post of minister of health in 2003. Wu Yi has been busy this year as she helps China battle disgruntled textile manufacturers, due to the lifting of World Trade Organization quotas. In a bold June speech in Hong Kong, Wu Yi called for an end to politicizing economic issues. One key move by her country should help here. Bowing to international pressure, in July China revalued the yuan by a modest 2.1%, scrapping the yuan’s ten-year-old peg to the U.S. dollar and replacing it with a tightly managed float against a basket of unspecified foreign currencies, in which the dollar will likely occupy a prominent place.

#3 Yulia Tymoshenko
Former prime minister,Ukraine
Tymoshenko, 44, was one of the leaders of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution last fall that toppled a stagnant, corrupt regime. For her support, the country’s new president, Victor Yushchenko, appointed her prime minister, a post she is using forcefully to shake up Ukrainian oligarchs. Her bold moves to re-privatize industrial assets, allegedly bought on the cheap by billionaires like Rinat Akhmetov and Victor Pinchuk, have met with criticism both inside and outside Ukraine. The discontent has finally caught up with her. Tymoshenko was sacked by Yuschenko in September. But don’t count her out quite yet. Tymoshenko is used to controversy, having fallen out with the sitting government in 2001, leading to her arrest and later dismissal. She will be back in parliamentary elections scheduled for March 2006.

#4 Gloria Arroyo
President.Philippines
Arroyo, 58, is now fighting to hold on to her job as the opposition party seeks to file impeachment charges against her over a series of scandals, and her attempts to fix Manila’s weak finances are falling apart, causing frustrated technocrats to bolt from her government. After donning the mantle of president in 2001, Arroyo tried to work diligently on her governing platform, which includes the eradication of poverty, which helped her win re-election in 2004. Nevertheless, despite a growing economy (in 2004, the Philippines economy grew an estimated 6.1%, up from 4.7% in 2003), Arroyo’s stewardship has been burdened by a Muslim insurgency and the Philippines’ designation as the second most corrupt country in Asia, according to a survey of businessmen conducted by the Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy. Arroyo, a former classmate of Bill Clinton’s at Georgetown University and a onetime economics professor, is currently under investigation by lawmakers into allegations she cheated to win last year’s election; to date Arroyo has declined to testify before her government’s Congress.

#5 Margaret (Meg) Whitman
Chief executive, eBay, U.S.
As ruler of the world’s biggest online auction site, Whitman, 49, has successfully beaten back stiff competition from Amazon.com and Yahoo!. To do that, she has swiftly fixed any problems, has faithfully tried to weed out the fakes on her site and has posted a consistent flow of profits, making eBay the world’s most valuable Internet brand. All this is to be expected. Whitman has an impressive, blue-chip résumé, with executive stints at Hasbro, the Walt Disney Co. and Bain & Co., among others. Whitman also serves on the boards of eBay as well as DreamWorks Animation, Procter & Gamble and the Gap. Despite her stock’s volatility, her personal holdings are valued at $1.6 billion, making Whitman one of the richest people on the planet.

#6 Anne Mulcahy
Chief executive officer, Xerox,U.S.

Having pulled Xerox out of a near-fatal slump in 2002, Mulcahy, 52, is now looking to get her company back to the top of the tech world. Her ideas: color printing and lucrative consulting services. It’s a tough space to exist in, with competitors like HP, Kodak and Dell battling for pieces of the printing, copying and services businesses. To highlight how Xerox has changed, Mulcahy, who took over the top job in 2001, has yanked the company’s tagline, “The Document Company,” in favor of going solo with the Xerox name. A Xerox veteran, she started as a lowly field-sales rep 30 years ago. Working at Xerox is all in the family for Mulcahy. Her husband is a retired Xerox exec, and her older brother now runs the global services group. One of the few elite women to run a top public company, Mulcahy is a coveted choice on corporate boards, serving on the boards of Citigroup and Target.

#7 Sallie Krawcheck
Chief financial officer, Citigroup,U.S.

This former equity analyst, dubbed “Mrs. Clean” thanks to her frank demeanor and focus on ethics, has risen at a blistering speed to the top ranks on Wall Street. After two years heading Smith Barney, the business unit containing Citigroup’s previously ailing equity research and global private-client groups, Krawcheck, 40, was tapped to be the finance chief of Citigroup. She is viewed as one of the company’s next generation of leaders and is undoubtedly one of the most influential women on Wall Street. Her power may increase as upheaval in the top ranks roils her company, notably, the imminent departure of Citigroup President Robert Willumstad. But Krawcheck has been regarded as a stabilizing force. So far, the former Sanford C. Bernstein chief executive has received good grades for restoring the reputation of a division tarnished by charges of “spinning” initial public offerings and biased stock recommendations.

#8 Brenda Barnes
Chief executive officer, Sara Lee,U.S.

Barnes, 51, became chief executive earlier this year after Sara Lee announced a major restructuring that included the planned sale of product lines totaling $8.2 billion in revenue. At the same time, Barnes is tackling corporate inefficiencies by encouraging shared purchasing between divisions and less bureaucracy. Barnes raised eyebrows when she left PepsiCo in 1998 to spend more time with her family. Ever since Barnes got back on the “on-ramp” into the corporate world, she has been the most oft-cited example in the business press of a woman who ditched her corporate career to spend time with her family, only to regain corporate power.

#8 Brenda Barnes
Chief executive officer, Sara Lee,U.S.

Barnes, 51, became chief executive earlier this year after Sara Lee announced a major restructuring that included the planned sale of product lines totaling $8.2 billion in revenue. At the same time, Barnes is tackling corporate inefficiencies by encouraging shared purchasing between divisions and less bureaucracy. Barnes raised eyebrows when she left PepsiCo in 1998 to spend more time with her family. Ever since Barnes got back on the “on-ramp” into the corporate world, she has been the most oft-cited example in the business press of a woman who ditched her corporate career to spend time with her family, only to regain corporate power.

#10 Melinda Gates
Co-founder, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,U.S.

The numbers are both staggering and disturbing. Millions of children die every year of diseases that are preventable. Just half of all African-American and Hispanic students graduate from high school. Thousands of homeless people sleep on the streets every night. These are the statistics that have so distressed Melinda Gates, 41, and her husband, billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, that the two started an endowment, now at $28.8 billion, to fight for better health care and education for the poor around the world, as well as for at-risk families in Washington State and Oregon. Gates is also on the boards of The Washington Post Co. and drugstore.com.

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Yes! you got it right. Here is a special list of women that have been greatly admired by men throughout the last 10 decades.  Each woman is unique in her own way, and the things that they did will forever capture a guy’s heart.

No.1 – Farrah Fawcett
Her appearance in Charlie’s Angel make is sold 12 million copies. Farrah Fawcett’s tousled hair and bright smile hung in every bedroom and every auto shop, making her the biggest sex symbol of the ’70s. Chances are your mom even sported a “Farah-Do” when she met your dad. That hairstyle was emulated more than the “Rachel Cut.”

For Father’s Day, rent DVDs of the Charlie’s Angels series. Then go to YouTube and watch her incoherent interview with David Letterman from 1997. You can both laugh at her crazy drug-induced ramblings and maybe your dad will even tell you one of his old drug stories.

No.2 – Brigitte Bardot
Hands down one of the sexiest film stars of all time, there’s a very good chance this French femme fatale played a large part in your father’s sexual awakening. She became notorious with And God Created Woman, a film that pushed beyond the sexual limits of previous cinema. The scene with Brigitte Bardot dancing barefoot on a table is still one of the most erotic scenes ever. Her accent and bust made her a major sex symbol through the ’50s, ’60s and early ’70s.

No.3 – Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn won the hearts of every man who loves a sense of humor during her stint on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. Unlike her daughter, Hawn had the ability to play sexy and funny. Her painted-body, bikini shot embodied the ’60s mentality and assured her place among the top sex symbols. In 1969, she became legit, winning an Academy Award for the comedy Cactus Flower.

No.4 – Tina Turner
While her hair is now beyond crazy, this 69-year-old still has great legs. During the ’60s and ’70s, those killer legs, amazing pipes and Tina Turner’s crazy husband Ike Turner recorded a number of hits that evolved along with popular music. She became the favorite female singer of everyone from The Rolling Stones to James Brown to Elvis Presley to Ray Charles.

No.5 – Ursula Andress
The first Bond girl continues to be the most popular of all time, regularly topping “Best Bond Girl” lists. Ursula played Honey Ryder in Dr. No and the scene of her emerging from the ocean in a white bikini with a knife strapped to her hip is iconic. This Swiss actress and model then posed nude for Playboy, making the dreams of Bond nerds come true.

For Father’s Day, start with Dr. No and then watch the original Casino Royal, a great satire of the Bond series with Peter Sellers and Ursula.

No.6 – Mamie Van Doren
Howard Hughes discovered Mamie Von Doren when she was crowned Miss Palm Springs at 18 years old. From there she became a Hollywood bombshell and horn-dog. Linked to everyone from Johnny Carson to Steve McQueen, she claimed fidelity to each lover, saying: “I don’t wear panties anymore — this startles the Hollywood wolves so much they don’t know what to pull at, so they leave me alone.” Hmm, what?

Before Father’s Day, read her tell-all sex book Playing the Field and tell your father the crazy stories. Buy her wine, which features sexy pinups on the label, but don’t rent her movies. Yikes.

No.7 – Diana Ross
Diana Ross skyrocketed to fame in the ’60s with The Supremes and helped craft the world-famous Motown sound. It became obvious that Ross was the star of the group with her sultry singing voice and beautiful looks. Becoming equally successful as a solo act, she also crossed over into acting and received a Best Actress Oscar nod in 1972 for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues.

For Father’s Day, listen to The Supremes’ old hits with your father and move into her solo work like “You Are Everything” (with Marvin Gaye) and “Love Hangover.”

No.8 – Chris Evert
One of the sexiest athletes of all-time, Chris Evert owned the tennis courts in the ’70s. With her long, muscular legs and blond ponytail she became one of the United States’ most popular female athletes. They actually called her Chrissy America. She made boys excited to see the Wheaties box. After breaking off her engagement to tennis star Jimmy Connors, she dated everyone from Burt Reynolds to Geraldo Rivera and Jack Ford, son of U.S. President Gerald Ford. For Father’s Day, turn on ESPN Classic and check out some of her most famous matches.

No.9 – Stevie Nicks

Due to the sexual awakening of the late ’60s, Stevie Nicks appeared naked on her first album cover, Buckingham Nicks. While the album wasn’t a commercial success, it made her a new sex symbol. In 1974, she joined Fleetwood Mac and immediately wrote two of their most popular songs, “Rhiannon” and “Landslide.” Her hauntingly beautiful singing voice and velvet platform shoes made even macho guys like the “sissy band.” For Father’s Day put Rumours on the turntable and kick back some cold ones.

No.10 – Natalie Wood

Growing up as a child actor in such classics as Miracle on 34th Street, there’s probably not a time when your father remembers not knowing of Natalie Wood. As boys transitioned into men, she transitioned from a child star into a legit Hollywood starlet with her Oscar-nominated performance in Rebel Without a Cause. By age 25, she was a three-time Oscar nominee, making critics and perverts dream nightly of her sexy brunette, girl-next-door charm.

For a Father’s Day rental pick choose Rebel Without a Cause; the odd, but funny Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, or From Here to Eternity and walk your dad down memory lane.

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