Mary Robinson

Irish Independent politician who served as the seventh President of Ireland, becoming the first woman to hold this office. She also served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002 and a Senator for the University of Dublin from 1969 to 1989. Real name: Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (Irish: Máire Bean Mhic Róibín; née Bourke) Born: 21 May 1944 in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland