This is a presentation of my research on women leaders.

1. Nichola D. Gutgold
Penn State Lehigh Valley
October, 2012

2.  No woman on a major party ticket
 What have we learned from past women
candidates?

3. Sarah Who?
John McCain’s
 Running Mate
 A little-
known
governor Video: Palin/Hilary
from

4.  Over 500 college age women were asked:
“Did the bids of Hillary Clinton and Sarah
Palin make you think that a woman would
become president in your lifetime?”

6.  The year 1992 was dubbed “The Year of the
Woman” because more women were elected to
Congress than ever before.
 Fifty four women took congressional oaths of
office in 1992.
 On the heels of the Anita Hill trial women said “we
will remember in November” and they did.

7.  Carol Moseley-Braun
 First African American
woman elected to the
US senate.
 Reports that in 1992
people at the Capital
mistakenly took her for
staff (such as a
secretary or cleaning
person).

8. Margaret Chase Smith Patricia Schroeder Carolyn Moseley Braun
(1964) (1988) (2004)
Elizabeth Dole
(2000)

9. “After I went to Congress, a
student asked me why all our
presidents had been white men.
I knew why, but the reasons
weren't good ones. So I
decided to run. I campaigned in
32 states. People looked at me
funny. I suffered
disappointment, and
disillusionment because of my
race.”

10. - Shirley Chisholm after her
1972 bid for the presidency

13. Elizabeth Dole

16.  In 2008 Sarah
Palin was the
Republican
candidate for
vice president.
• In 1984 Geraldine
Ferraro was the vice
presidential candidate
on the Democratic
ticket.

17. SYMBOLIC
CANDIDATE
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18.  Candidates need to care about their appearance
and style.
 “When a man shows feminine qualities it is accepted far
more easily than a woman who acts in a male fashion.
A woman politician who appears feminine is soon
regarded as a little mother. She is not regarded as
being decisive. A woman leader must be tough, strong,
and caring, all at the same time.”
 ---Marie Wilson, president of The White House Project

19.  The first non-symbolic or viable candidate for
president who is a woman endured harsh media
criticism.

22. 1.Credentials

23. 2. Fundraising

24. 3. Charisma
Video: Democratic Response

25. 4. Assertiveness

26. 5. An Attractive Appearance

27. 6. The Right Look
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28. 7. The Denis Thatcher Spouse

29. 8. Heterosexual Orientation

30. 9. Restraint

31. 10. Rhetorical Finesse

32. Twenty countries have women presidents
Including:
India
Argentina
Bangladesh
Australia
Costa Rica
Brazil

33. Who Are The Most Powerful
Women in the World?

34. According to 2012 Forbes
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany as most
powerful.

35. Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of
State, 2nd
Dilma Rousseff, President of
Brazil, 3rd

36. Melinda Gates, Co-
Chair, Bill and
Melinda Gates
Foundation, 4th
Jill Abramson,
Executive Editor,
New York Times, 5th

37. President of the Indian National
Congress, 6th

38. Parliamentary systems in other countries
have allowed for the election of more women to
office.
Tough media treatment of women candidates
in the United States may keep more would-be
candidates away from the US presidency.
Programs that encourage women to run are
helpful.

39. When we have a critical
mass of women willing to
run, possessing the “top
ten” qualities --- and who
beats her opponent --
America will have a
woman president