Women's World Champions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_World_Chess_Championship

Name	Years	Country
Vera Menchik	1927–1944	Soviet Union /  Czechoslovakia /  England
Lyudmila Rudenko	1950–1953	Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR)
Elisabeth Bykova	1953–1956	Soviet Union (Russian SFSR)
Olga Rubtsova	1956–1958	Soviet Union (Russian SFSR)
Elisabeth Bykova	1958–1962	Soviet Union (Russian SFSR)
Nona Gaprindashvili	1962–1978	Soviet Union (Georgian SSR)
Maya Chiburdanidze	1978–1991	Soviet Union (Georgian SSR)
Xie Jun	1991–1996	China
Susan Polgar	1996–1999	Hungary
Xie Jun	1999–2001	China
Zhu Chen	2001–2004	China
Antoaneta Stefanova	2004–2006	Bulgaria
Xu Yuhua	2006–2008	China
Alexandra Kosteniuk	2008–2010	Russia
Hou Yifan	2010–	China