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...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...
...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...
...other end of gender spectrum, she stands out as one of the few powerful woman in the conservative Regan administration when she served as Secretary of Labor. Indeed, she has a talent for being an iconoclast while at the same time fully associating herself with the conservative mores of society, a talent which along with her drive allowed her a level of professional success unmatched by almost any of her contemporaries...
Fortunately, Dole's strong belief in gender equality is readily apparent. Her critics claim that her stance against affirmative action in universities proves that she is anti-woman. Yet Dole passionately supports child-care and flexible hours for working women. Much of her hedging on controversial women's issues stems from her need to attract Christian Right voters, and I wouldn't be surprised to see that change should she be elected into office. Ostensibly, she is not pro-choice, but anti-abortion tracts have a tendency to mysteriously disappear from her speeches...