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Word: kirsty (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...surprisingly, the women in Norway's government are besieging traditional enclaves of male privilege. Minister of Church and Education Kirsti Kolle Grondahl recently said that she "would love to" appoint the first woman bishop in the state's Lutheran Church, whose male clerics, she says, still "persecute" their female colleagues. Inger Pedersen, chairwoman of parliament's Justice Committee, is drafting an amendment to the constitution, which now limits inheritance of the Norwegian throne to men, to include female royal heirs. The change would mean that Crown Prince Harald's daughter, Princess Martha Louise, who turned 15 last week, could eventually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Norway an Experiment in Woman Power | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

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