A few years ago Dee Dee Myers’ daughter Kate declared that only boys could be the president of the United States. ”Girls can be presidents’ wives,” she added. Given that Myers had been the first female White House press secretary, she found it odd that her little girl assumed that the presidency was a male preserve, and that became one of the inspirations for her new book, Why Women Should Rule the World.
Every month, Melissa Howard attended district meetings at Hooters, trying to talk profits and stock volumes while her co-workers focused elsewhere. But as the only woman among 10 store managers at a Wal-Mart store in Indiana, she feared losing her job if she objected. Now US supermarket giant Wal-Mart is facing a historic class action by 1,5-million female staff.
Is Condoleezza Rice set to become the US’s first black and female vice-president? She is suddenly being talked about as a serious contender for the Republican vice-presidential nomination in 2004 and George W Bush’s secret weapon for a second term