Comments on: Empowering Girls: Mourning Hillary

By: Tracee

Tracee — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:45:00 +0000

I’d like to believe in the inevitability of it Rebecca.

What I heard this election was 10,000 “legitimate” reasons to hate strong powerful women.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:48:00 +0000

I think it's inevitable that a woman will be elected president sooner or later (preferably sooner). I think that alot of female Obama supports are idealistic about that and basically take it for granted. It is very disappointing that it's not happening this time around though.

The Obama supporters I know (male and female alike) would really like to see a woman president, they just had some issue with Clinton. Which I think is totally fair. The fact that she is a woman isn't more important than everything else. She just happened to be a very qualified candidate who unfortunately was up against Obama.

Rebecca

By: Tracee

Tracee — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:41:00 +0000

I hear what you’re saying Candeelady. I really do.

But, it’s a little difficult to be told to “look at all the other women in power” when we rank 71st in the WORLD in female political participation on any level – local, state or national. Seems everyone else has found a way to at least take toddler steps in female representation.

I think I’ll be focusing on The White House Project quite a bit over the coming years. And Annie’s Lists and Emily’s list, both organizations designed to elect women and Momsrising.org to notify candidates that apathy will no longer be tolerated.

By: Candeelady

Candeelady — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:05:00 +0000

I offer sympathy. Mourn for a day but for your dds sake maybe you should explore some of the successful women in political offices and the supreme court so she sees the progress we have made. Or maybe a female leader in your home town. I hate to let her think it’s years before women have any power over their world again, unfortunately change comes in baby steps. Share the baby steps with her