The only woman prime minister in Canada was Kim Campbell, who replaced retired Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and promptly lost the next federal election months later. Although, Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, is quite successful and competent and is generally admired on the world stage, she, like Margaret Thatcher or Theresa May of the United Kingdom, Julia Gillard of Australia, and Kim Campbell, are all conservative politicians. Within their countries, none of these women would be considered progressive on women’s rights, minority rights, or LGBTQ rights.

So, in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and the United States over their entire modern political history there has been a total of only 5 women who have held or are holding the highest political office of their country – 4 elected and 5 conservative/politically right.

So, perhaps Hillary Clinton is correct, misogyny does play a role in politically left women being elected to the highest office.