Word: schroeders
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Strong women in a male-dominated world must learn to face challenges with humor and good spirits, former U.S. Representative Pat Schroeder (D--Colo.) told a crowd of about 200 in Longfellow Hall on Friday night...
With the speech, Schroeder, a 24-year veteran of the House of Representatives, kicked off a national tour for her new book, 24 Years of House Work...and the Place is Still a Mess...
...remarks, which frequently elicited laughter from the audience, Schroeder canvassed a variety of issues, such as the integration of women in the military, the importance of reading to young children and the definition of sexual harassment...
...career, Schroeder said, she had to adjust to an environment sometimes hostile to women...
...Which is certainly tempting. Schroeder's experience fits well with Europe?s new-left politics of the ?90s, in which leaders of traditional social-democratic parties such as Blair and Lionel Jospin implement a center-right economic program. But as TIME?s Bonn bureau chief Jordan Bonfante warns, the analogy has its limits: ?While Schroeder would like nothing more than to be likened to Blair, the major difference is that the Christian Democrats are not the Tories,? says Bonfante. ?Where Blair faced a decrepit and unpopular party, the CDU is still a strong and vigorous political force.? And Chancellor Kohl...