The Hillary Effect - "25 female ambassadors posted in Washington -- the highest number ever,"

[jefferson_dem]

The Hillary Effect

"There are 25 female ambassadors posted in Washington -- the highest number ever," the Washington Post reports.

"Women remain a distinct minority -- there are 182 accredited ambassadors in Washington -- but their rise from a cadre of five in the late 1990s to five times that is opening up what had been an elite's men club for more than a century."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/01/11/the_hillary_effect.html?utm_medium=pwire.us-twitter&utm_source=direct-pwire.us&utm_content=site-basic

[fugop]

1. Now ...

if we could just get more women in Congress and the Senate!! This is great news, though. Hope we can keep it up!

[karynnj]

2. Obama had a significant say in who was appointed in many cases - and he appointed HRC

I realize that you quote the title of this article, but it is rather silly.

[dsc]

7. actually neither one did

foreign countries named those people.

[Beacool]

9. Since when?

These women were appointed by their respective countries, but don't let that stop you from putting Hillary "in her place". Right?

:eyes:

[kiva]

11. The US president has a significant say in who other

countries choose as ambassadors? Really?

[karynnj]

12. Misread as our ambassadors

[ensho]

3. good! the more the better

there are more women on earth then men

there are more women in the US then men

and this morning on Wash. Journal I heard a man at the table talking about civil rights, refer to women as a minority.

he was wrong. women are a majority in actuality. but women are treated as a minority by men.

interesting.

[ieoeja]

6. Have you never heard of "political minority"?

A political minority is out of power regardless of their numerical number within the population. So Black Africans in South Africa were a "minority" when discussing politics in that country during Apartheid. And women are the same here (and everywhere else in the world).

[shopgreen]

4. WP: 'Hillary effect' cited for increase in female ambassadors to U.S.

It is indeed a very accurate headline.
Good on Hillary.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/10/AR2010011002731.html?hpid=topnews


'Hillary effect' cited for increase in female ambassadors to U.S.

........."Hillary Clinton is so visible" as secretary of state, said Amelia Matos Sumbana, who just arrived as ambassador from Mozambique. "She makes it easier for presidents to pick a woman for Washington."

Three of the last four secretaries of state -- the office that receives foreign ambassadors -- have been women.

Madeleine Albright became the first female U.S. secretary of state in 1997. Condoleezza Rice served from 2005 to 2009.

Clinton, now in her second year, is especially well-known abroad because of her stint as first lady and her presidential run; she is seen by many as a globetrotting champion of women's rights.

"The pictures of U.S. diplomacy have been strongly dominated by photos of women recently," Shankar said. "That helps to broaden the acceptance of women in the field of diplomacy."

[AspenRose]

5. I would also give credit to Albright and (yes) Condoleeza Rice

since they were women SOS's too, and since they're charting from the late 1990s to today. The only criteria they're using is "visibility" while being SOS, and they had visibility, too.

That's not taking away from HRC, but it shouldn't take away from Albright or Rice, either.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

8. K&R

[Beacool]

10. Nice article.

If Hillary's presence on the world stage helped to get more governments to name women ambassadors, then that's great news.

:-)