Wednesday, 9 January 2008

Women Are Never Front-Runners by Gloria Steinem

There's a great Op-Ed piece in the New York Times by Gloria Steinem:
"Women Are Never Front-Runners

By GLORIA STEINEM
Published: January 8, 2008

THE woman in question became a lawyer after some years as a community organizer, married a corporate lawyer and is the mother of two little girls, ages 9 and 6. Herself the daughter of a white American mother and a black African father — in this race-conscious country, she is considered black — she served as a state legislator for eight years, and became an inspirational voice for national unity."
Read the rest.....

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think it is fantastic that Clinton took New Hampshire (NH) and that Obama took Iowa. Either of them will be better than Bush. However, there are grave concerns among citizen journalists and now, in the mainstream US media, that something was afoul in NH.

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http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5530
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