A Woman President in the US? Sooner? Later?

Why have European as well as many Islamic countries broken the gender barrier to national leadership before the United States? What holds us back?

(PRWEB) April 28, 2004 -- A T-shirt, featuring "Margaret" the bespectacled, fluffy-haired girl from the Dennis the Menace cartoon strip, saying: "Someday a woman will be PRESIDENT." was pulled from the Wal-Mart stores in 1995 for being too political. A corporate giant believed this T-shirt "went against their philosophy of family values". Just one of the wake up calls that led to Ann Gordon and Robert Watson to collaborate in the book "Anticipating Madame President".

The historical background and discussion of this topic is currently presented daily on Good Politics Radio (check schedule) by Dr. Robert Watson. Ph.D., associate professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University.

Watson, has published 20 books and over 100 scholarly articles, on such topics as the presidency, first ladies, civil rights, bureaucracy, elections, environmental policy and American politics. He serves as editor of the journal White House Studies. A frequent media commentator, he has been interviewed by CNN, MSNBC, and USA Today as well as appearing on C-SPANs Book TV program. He directed the first-ever Report to the First Lady, which was presented to the White House after the 2001 inauguration. Dr. Watson serves on the boards on several presidential foundations and museums, academic associations, and scholarly journals and he has served as a visiting scholar or fellow with presidential libraries, universities and historic presidential sites.

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