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...only woman in the race—and she reminds us of this constantly. Both the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC) defied their tradition of abstaining from political endorsements and put their official support behind her candidacy in September. And former President of NOW Patricia Ireland just became her new campaign manager...
...groups who are supporting her are often just as guilty of this double standard. “We look forward to President Carol Moseley Braun taking the ‘men only’ sign off the doors to the White House,” said NWPC President Roselyn O’Connell when the group endorsed her candidacy. “I love Joe Lieberman, but he’s not a woman,” explained C. DeLores Tucker, chair of the National Congress of Black Women, who is also behind Moseley Braun. These comments embody the same...
...Women run on women's issues, like abortion," says Sharon Rodine, president of the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC). "It's the way in." As a rule, they don't cross over to the male power center once elected. For example, a solid majority of women in the Congress stood behind Democratic Representative Barbara Boxer of California in 1989 when she took on Illinois' powerful Henry Hyde in an attempt to restore Medicaid funds to pay for abortions for victims of rape or incest. The Boxer amendment passed both houses of Congress, but was vetoed by the President. Although...
...women have greater moral strength, a stronger ethic of care and overriding concern for making and maintaining relationships -- all qualities of a good politician. She has even said that feelings -- and, yes, tears if it should come to that -- have their place in a man's world. Meantime, the NWPC tackles crying head on by recommending that women talk about a tear-inducing subject for so long that it loses its poignancy, or, failing that, take deep breaths or change the subject. The women now entering politics may justly consider weeping a phony issue, but it is a sign...
...NWPC seems pretty will organized for the next few years and most members are optimistic about the neat future. But will the caucus long withstand the problems of its broad-based policy? Will it shatter under the conflicting demands of its diverse members? Some delegates are asking those questions, although most like to keep the whole thing pretty hushed. Most seem to prefer looking towards the future through Audrey Colom's eyes; "I would like to see ten years from now the need for the NWPC to dissolve. I would like to see women entrenched in the political parties...