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Commander in Chief. So much of our perception of the ability of women to lead is shaped by what we see on films or television.Marie Wilson
The presence of real people like Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has really changed people's comfort levels with women dealing with these issues,
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That whole issue of 'Can a woman be tough enough' has plagued women candidates. That's starting to change. We've had experience with Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine Albright as secretary of State. (Shuttle commander) Eileen Collins lands on Earth and looks like she just took a Ferris wheel ride. Those things change the perception of what women can do.
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It's cute. I know these kids because they live around the area, ... Music is always good.
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But there are other, more troubling developments as well. Earlier this year the president of Harvard got in trouble for suggesting that women didn't have the right stuff for science (he has since apologized). Recent stories about women at elite colleges who want to ditch it all to stay home with their kids have prompted a furious debate among professional women. There is a fear that all those glass ceilings have been broken for naught and younger women who grew up with working mothers struggling to have it all have decided that the struggle just isn't worth it. Whether younger women stick with that choice is, of course, still unclear. Their future undoubtedly holds many surprises, at work and at home, just as it did for the groundbreaking generation that preceded them. There is no real balance of work and family in America, ... You integrate work and family and do the best you can.
Marie Wilson
For instance, little girls who grow up wanting to draw clothes think that's what you do when you want to be a clothes designer,
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