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January 16, 2006

Women's Lib(eria)

As of yesterday, in Chile, Michelle Bachelet is the first elected female president in Latin America’s history (and has promised to make half of her cabinet women).

As of today, in Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in as Africa's first female elected head of state.

These two women may not have much in common, and their paths ahead are very different. Sirleaf will be rebuilding a state that has been ruined by more than a decade of civil wars, and that currently has more than 15,000 UN peacekeepers. Chile's security, politics, and economy are in much better shape, though Bachelet has work to do as well.

But they are examples for men and women everywhere. Women are half the planet, and it is unbelievable that it is 2006 before we saw the first ever elected female president in Latin America’s history, and Africa's first female elected head of state sworn in. I am curious to know how long before the United States becomes so progressive. I am also hopeful that it will not be done for the sake of equality, but rather because we recognize the value of the woman, whomever she may be.

Wulf Posted by Wulf on January 16, 2006 at 09:08 PM

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By the way... Rammage, do you have any suggestions?

Posted by: Wulf at January 16, 2006 9:49 PM

In an interview with Playboy (or Maxim, or some such magazine) Penn Jillette once said something like "probably the best president we could ever have would be a black female, with a military background. Of course, she'd be assassinated the very next day..."

Posted by: doinkicarus at January 17, 2006 9:49 AM

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