Who was the First Woman elected as the speaker of Lok Sabha?

Q. Who was the First Woman elected as the speaker of Lok Sabha?
Answer: Meira Kumar
Notes: Meira Kumar was the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha, a post she served from 2009 to 2014. Earlier, she served as a Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of Manmohan Singh’s Congress led Government (2004–2009).

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