Harvard has a female President

[malaise]

On behalf of female academics everywhere Congrats Drew Gilpin Faust.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aYVpOT_QFBIM&refer=us
Edit - forgot the link.

[Nikki Stone1]

1. Got a pic?

Thanks

[malaise]

2. Loads of them here

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Drew+Gilpin+Faust&btnG=Search+Images

[Nikki Stone1]

3. Gracias

[Buzz Clik]

4. An internal candidate. Interesting.

[undeterred]

5. They had one at University of Chicago years ago (1978-1993)

Hanna Gray: Great fundraiser, no real interest in academic womens issues or problems at all.

The campus joke was- if you ever run into the kind of women who drink tea all day and read french feminism and dress in black and tell you that the world would be a better place if it were run by women- Hanna Gray is your ace in the hole.

[malaise]

6. I only just realized that half the Ivy Leagues

now have female Presidents. Let's hope she makes a difference.

[undeterred]

8. I feel like I've learned the hard way

that having a woman in a high position isn't always better. Having a man who is sensitive to womens issues can be just as good or better. But having a critical mass of women in a given profession is what really makes change possible. Thats what we need in the Senate! I honestly thought by now we'd be at 50:50 but we have so far to go.

[FrenchieCat]

7. Yes!

My daughter attends there, so I'm glad to hear this!

First a black governor for Mass, now a woman for Harvard!


:woohoo:

[libnnc]

9. I read a book of her's last semester!

Mother's of Invention. Very cool for her!

[Olney Blue]

10. Excellent!

Hi malaise :hi:

[malaise]

11. Hello

:D

[femrap]

12. Gee, and it only took 371 years. nt