Talk:Nina Bang

Nina Bang vs Alexandra Kollontai
Nina Bang was NOT the first ever female minister in the world. See the page for Alexandra Kollontai, who was appointed people's Commissar for social welfare in 1917 (people's Commissar was a full equivalent of minister in the then Soviet government). The fact that the post was not named "minister" does not really matter, since e.g. we still name Bertie Ahern Irish PM, though officially his post is known as Taoiseach. —Preceding unsigned comment added by InArm (talk • contribs) 17:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Interesting. Although I agree that it isn't too important whether the title of the post includes the word "minister", doesn't that still make Nina Bang the first female minister of an internationally recognised state? (As far as I remember, the Soviet Union was not recognised by major powers of the time until 1924, and it seems Kollontai was only People's Commissar until 1918, but I might be wrong?) I've edited the claim in this article anyway, to avoid having too much of Bang's article focus on Soviet and Irish history. Hemmingsen (talk) 19:23, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I completely agree. Indeed, Kollontai held the post only until March 1918; Soviet Russia (not the Soviet Union, which was established only in 1922) had been recognized by only a couple of countries like Finland and Imperial Germany by that time. InArm (talk) 21:08, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Oops, I got those mixed up. Should be fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out. Hemmingsen (talk) 10:38, 8 December 2007 (UTC)