Women In Politics

Just some information I found:

• Women managers tend to have more of a desire to build than a desire to win
• Women are more willing to explore compromise and to solicit other people’s opinions
• Women tend to be better than men at empowering staff
• Women encourage openness and are more accessible
• Women leaders respond more quickly to calls for assistance
• Women are more tolerant of differences, so they’re more skilled at managing diversity
• Women identify problems more quickly and more accurately
• Women are better at defining job expectations and providing feedback

im not saying that men don't have these attributes. some men do. these are just some things that women TEND to excel at.

the top 10 greatest women leaders in history:

The women leaders are presented in chronological order, beginning in ancient and Egypt and continuing to the present. They include:

• Hatshepsut - who brought years of peace and prosperity in Egypt during her reign as Pharaoh, the top "male" position in her country.

• Elizabeth Cody Stanton - who worked towards a goal of suffrage for women and for acceptance of the Women's Property Act (the right to do business, sign contracts and so on without a man's permission).

• Mary Ann Shad Cary - a committed teacher and feminist who was the first black woman to edit a newspaper.

• Emily Murphy - who became the first female judge in the British Empire and fought for the right of Canadian women to be considered persons under the law.

• Thérèse Casgrain - who led the CCF party and was an activist for better social conditions, world peace, and the eradication of poverty.

• Golda Meir - who held many political offices and eventually became the first female prime minister of Israel.

• Rosa Parks - who was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white person and who subsequently became known as the "mother of American civil rights."

• Wangari Maathai - a Kenyan environmentalist and politician who spearheaded the Green Belt Movement of reforestation and sustainable development.

• Aung San Suu Kyi - who led a democratic movement in Burma in an attempt to stop that government's military violence.

• Roberta Jamieson - the first Canadian native woman to obtain a law degree and whose skills of negotiation and mediation led her to the position of Ontario Ombudsman and later to the position as first woman chief of her First Nations community.

distinguishing women:

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/subject/govern.html

one of my favorite political leaders and maybe one of the most accomplished:
Queen Elizabeth I

these women have done great things, accomplished more for the female gender than most. these women disprove stereotypes and have succeeded. proving that women are more than just housewives and passive creatures who will "go to war once a month." we are more than our bodies and emotions. women now out number men 5:1 in most higher education and are more involved in the surrounding world. next time you think that we arent capable think again and do some research. women are more than capable. and we fight harder to gain the respect we deserve than you will ever know. youre rights in this country were just given to you, women had to work, and because of that most of us respect and realize just how important those rights are.

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. ~Charlotte Whitton

In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on woman. ~Nancy Astor, My Two Countries

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason. ~Stanley Baldwin

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. ~Dave Barry


and on that note goodnight

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0857956.html