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 soundAngela Merkel 
 soundWho says a woman cannot be a leader? 
 soundAngela Merkel was the first woman ever to lead Germany as a chancellor. 
 soundThe daughter of a Lutheran pastor and a teacher, Angela grew up in a rural area. 
 soundYou do not have to be rich or to live in a big city to succeed in your career. 
 soundDo you have a nickname? Angela’s nickname was "Kasi" from her last name, Kasner. 
 soundShe was a good student. 
 soundShe was very good in languages. 
 soundShe said she would have loved to become a teacher like her mother. 
 soundInstead, she chose to study the sciences. 
 soundHer life was not easy. 
 soundWhen she was a student, Angela worked as a barmaid in a discotheque. 
 soundA year before earning her degree she married a fellow student, Ulrich Merkel. 
 soundThey moved to an apartment with neither toilet nor hot water. Can you even imagine?  
 soundHowever, she still got her doctorate in quantum chemistry at the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.