Question

Ninety percent of this country's women went on strike on a 1975 "Women's Day Off." For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country whose first female president was referred to as Vigdís.
ANSWER: Iceland [or Ísland]
[10e] Vigdís presided over the 1985 Reykjavik Summit, during which Ronald Reagan and this reformist Soviet premier failed to reach an agreement regulating ICBMs. This leader introduced glasnost and perestroika.
ANSWER: Mikhail Gorbachev [or Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev]
[10m] Peace talks at the Reykjavik Summit fell apart primarily due to Reagan's insistence on continuing the development of this proposed protective system announced shortly after the "Evil Empire" speech.
ANSWER: Strategic Defense Initiative [or the SDI, accept the Star Wars program]
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