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By Devika Mehta, Editor-at-Large I don’t have to tell you – the life of Today’s Woman is relentlessly multifaceted in a way that a man’s is not. In the professional world, she can rise to the top of the corporate ladder, or she may choose to take time away to focus completely on family. She can be a warrior in the workplace, AND/OR a CEO at home (or co-CEO, just to cover our bases). If she is a mother, Today’s Woman creates a haven for family, nurtures her children, provides strength to other family members, serves as emotional head of the household, often is seen as the source of a home’s warmth, compassion and connectedness. Now Today’s Woman is just a small step away from becoming the most powerful leader of the world. Is this strange? I am sure many women would like to understand a President’s life through Hillary’s eyes. If she becomes President she would be an inspiration to the many girls around the world who dream of being great leaders but haven’t yet found the role model to incite action on their dreams. If she occupies the White House next month certain historic questions will be prompted - What would be her life like? How would it differ from that of a male President? Will more sacrifices be demanded from her family? What extra efforts would be required to help keep her family connected? While Hillary may be just moments away from becoming the historic first woman to lead the United States, more than 60 other countries have already beaten America to that milestone including India, a country which boasts a patriarchal mindset. So what has been keeping a woman away from the world’s highest political platform? Is it, as Donald Trump suggests, that America needs ‘broad shoulders’ or is there another reason women haven’t yet broken the glass ceiling to the Oval Office? After so much progress has already been made, is gender bias still relevant in the American political elite? Many questions will be answered on November 8 when the United States of America votes to make history. Please vote! Not sure how? Click here!
• Until 1920 women were not allowed to vote in US • America had its first (acting) female president three decades before Clinton was born, Edith Wilson, Woodrow Wilson’s second wife, ran the Oval Office for 17 months Edith Wilson, Woodrow Wilson’s second wife, ran the Oval Office for 17 months after her husband was left incapacitated by a massive stroke • The first woman to run for Presidential election was Victoria Woodhull in 1872 from the Equal Rights Party
• Woodhull was followed by Belva Ann Lockwood in 1884 from the National Equal Rights Party • In America women hold only 18.5% of congressional seats, and comprise 20% of the U.S. senators • They hold only 24.2 % of state legislature seats. Only 10% of governors are women and only 12% of the mayors are women
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