So I’m writing a paper for my Democracy class on how women entering the workforce has led to women gaining more political rights in the U.S. While researching I realized how impactful first ladies have been on furthering women’s rights. This got me wondering what the chances are that a female will be president in the U.S. in my lifetime? It also caused me to reflect on the role of the first lady. Here are the conclusions I’ve come up with:

~The role of first lady is the ultimate balancing act between nurturing and political involvement. It reminds me of the balance between working full-time and caring for kids.

~Many first ladies have had enourmous political impact, but have not been credited. When you think about it how could they not? My husband I often talk about the pros and cons of various situations; I imagine the same conversations happen at the White House between married couples.

~Finally, I think the reason a women has not been elected president (assuming there has been a worthwhile canidate) isn’t because our society can’t picture a female in the oval office, but rather our society can’t picture a man in the “first husband” role.

Those are my general thoughts. Your comments would be greatly appreciated as it might further spawn some great points to make in this paper.

One last thing, please disregard any typos…I’m typing this on my Droid on my lunch break.