President's Day: Honoring the Past, Looking Toward the Future

by Jen Nedeau · 2009-02-16 16:55:00 UTC
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President's Day is meant to honor the historic lives of those leaders, in particular George Washington, who helped evolve the United States of America to become the great country it is today. However, in celebrating the top post in the Oval Office, it does beg the question of when will we see a female break the final glass ceiling, the Presidency?

Despite Hillary Clinton's run to become the first female President of the United States, women are still waiting to elect one of their own to the top position of Commander-in-Chief. Despite the "18 million cracks" in the glass ceiling, there is still a need for a continued efforts by groups such as EMILY's list and The White House Project to direct financial resources and leadership training toward electing women into federal, state and local offices.

I hope today reminds women's rights groups to focus their efforts on raising female leaders who could be President one day, as well as improving the ratio of women in Congress and the Senate, who currently make up less that 30% of the legislature despite being 50% of the population.

I hope that one President's Day we will be able to celebrate the political achievements of both men and women who have served in the Oval Office - until then, we need to keep fighting to make this dream a reality.

Jen Nedeau Jen Nedeau is a media relations professional and a writer based in New York City.
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