This pictorial biography is on the late Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaik, the world’s first woman Prime Minister. Containing many photographs not in the public domain before, the books nearly 300 photographs are sourced from various collections, including the Bandaranaike Museums, the National Archives and the United Nations Archives. A concise text helps add historical context to each photographs It also summarizes information on her political reforms and the many challenges she faced including the armed youth uprising in April 1971 and aborted military coup in January 1962, while also highlighting her international relations, as a co-founder of the Non-Aligned Movement, a champion of resurgence for developing countries, and a promoter of peace in Asia and the Indian Ocean.