Saturday, March 01, 2008

Why Women Should Rule the World

Former Clinton White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers has been doing the press circuit for her new book, Why Women Should Rule the World. I'm really interested in her viewpoint, since she seems to be acknowledging (not in the book, per se, but in political interviews) both that Clinton has had to fight a sexist media and public and that her campaign hasn't handled that situation to the best of its ability. One quote: "Hillary Clinton is better than her campaign." YES!

I'm heading out today to buy this book, which is billed as "Blending memoir, social history, and a call to action. Dee Dee Myers challenges us to imagine a not-too-distant future in which increasing numbers of women reach the top ranks of politics, business, science, and academia." I'll report back on my findings!

3 comments:

solon said...

An interesting speech for you to read would be Anna Howard Shaw's ""The Fundamental Principle of the Republic.". It is very good speech form the Post WWI Era.

Oxymoron said...

You write, "Dee Dee Myers challenges us to imagine a not-too-distant future in which increasing numbers of women reach the top ranks of politics, business, science, and academia."

So is Dee Dee asking us to reconceptualize the ways we think about American politics, business, etc.? Obamaesque?

Anonymous said...

Couldn't find it today... I'll keep looking.