Welcome to Girls' State
A prized find made during one of my countless French leave while labouring over an extremely distasteful paper.
Newsweek, Jan 31st issue (2005)
Welcome to Girls' State
For women seeking office, Washington is the hot spot.
An excerpt that pretty much sum up my sentiment:
All three of Washington's top women have compelling life stories. Murray, a homemaker, was so angry about education-budget cuts that she got herself elected to the state Senate. Gregoire started her career as a clerk typist, put herself through law school, then became a crusading anti-tobacco attorney general. Cantwell, the first college graduate in her family, made (and lost) her own fortune as a software executive during the 1990s. "When I ran for Senate in 1992, I had women saying to me, 'Don't you think a man should do that?' or 'Put your name on the ballot as Pat, not Patty'," says Murray, who was re-elected to a third term last year. In Washington, no one dares to offer that advice now. Women rule.
An earlier issue dated Jan 10 , 2005 celebrates the elevated status of women as well. Our sisters in the former epitome of deep-seated conservatism and over-bearing patriachy China are finally making a headway for themselves, in the right places.
Whether this sudden enthusiasm in women's rights is an overhype or a truthful congratulatory note, I'm proud of us gals! Watch out guys, soon you'd have to hold up the corporate glass ceiling with your golf clubs. Women rule.
Cheers, petites amies!
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