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Many critique Elizabeth Hanford Dole's lack of "feminism," claiming that Dole doesn’t support women's issues. Personally, I find it infinitely refreshing to look down the names of the 20-odd presidential primary candidates and see betwixt "Howard" and "Steve" that lone "Elizabeth." Indeed, I would feel the same thrill of excitement about any woman who was a serious contender for the presidency, regardless of her actual politics...
...woman who waited to marry until age 39, in large part because she was juggling an intense career, Dole never had children because, she says, it just never happened. Dole has never publicly admitted any regret over not having children, an admission which would undermine women who postponed raising a family to further their careers...
...Dole was among the few women admitted to Harvard Law School in the first year woman were allowed to attend, and the reception she had from some members of her law school was a prediction of the attitudes she would face in politics. Highly politically ambitious, she had no choice but to deal with the boys' club atmosphere that dominated politics at that time...
...fact, Dole played an important role in a number of areas both traditionally male and traditionally female. Her friends confide that her desire to be a mother has been channeled into an intense devotion to helping children in Africa, her pet cause. As head of the Red Cross, a public service organization and thus associated with the nurturing woman Dole ran an organization larger than most Fortune 500 companies...
...Dole's opponents have accused her of political grand-standing as head of the Red Cross. Other nay-sayers have accused her of being too much of a perfectionist, and not willing or able to make spontaneous decisions. Avery few on Capital Hill have accused her of being weak or against women's rights...