Friday, December 21, 2012

Past Time's Person of the Year-- Part 2

1999--  The year Time switched to the more gender-neutral name.  From 1927 until 1998 the honor was most often Man of the Year.

FIRST MAN OF THE YEAR--  Time's first man of the Year was Charles Lindbergh in 1927.

CORAZON AQUINO--  then President of the Philippines, was the last female individual to win the honor, called Woman of the Year when she won in 1986.

WOMEN--  Women have also been represented by group selections, such as Melinda Gates who appeared with husband Bill.  Also, the Whistleblowers had  WorldCom's Cynthia Cooper, the FBI's Coleen Rowley and Enron's Sherron Watkins in 2002.

Still, No Coot?  --DaCoot

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