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Conference turris::womannotes-v3

Title:	Topics of Interest to Women
Notice:	V3 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:	REGENT::BROOMHEAD

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1078
Total number of notes:	52352

374.0. "Dream Administration - if women ruled the U.S." by COGITO::SULLIVAN (Alms for the War?) Wed Sep 12 1990 14:56

    I've been quite sad about Evelyn Murphy's withdrawal from the Mass. 
    governor's race.  To console myself last night, I started fantasizing 
    about the dream administration.  One with all my favorite women in it.  
    I thought that might make a good note here.  I thought about making it 
    a "lite" note -- you know, Shirley Muldowney for Secretary of 
    Transportation :-), but I think we can have some fun with this and put 
    forward some serious suggestions, too.
    
    I'm sure there are lots of progressive, pro women's rights men out there 
    that we might like to see in the white house, but in this note... I'd like 
    us to let ourselves go and imagine all our favorite women in power.
    
    Here's a list I came up with.  Since I'm feeling blue about my candidate
    for governor, I (of course) included her.  It's fine with me if folks come
    up with different women for the same positions I've listed here in 
    addition to filling the top positions that I haven't filled yet.
    If you nominate a woman who isn't known nationwide, you might want to
    include a little bio about her.  (Maybe we'll have our own election...)

Pat Schroeder - Pres.
Evelyn Murphy - Vice Pres.
Ellie Smeal - ?
Molly Yard - Chief of staff
Gloria Steinem - Sec'y of Education
Frances Moore Lapp� - Sec'y of the Interior
Dr. Susan Love - Surgeon General (Dr. Love is a prominent surgeon
                                  in the Boston area, famous for her
                                  work with women with breast cancer.)
Barbara Jordan -- Attorney General
			(my sweetie thought that Barbara Jordan should
                         be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, but she
                         can put that in her own reply :-)

Justine

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
374.1	:-)	TLE::D_CARROLL	Assume nothing	`Wed Sep 12 1990 15:09`	1
	Sigourney Weaver - Secretary of the Defense
374.2		HEFTY::CHARBONND	Follow that, Killer }:^)	`Wed Sep 12 1990 15:12`	1
	re .1 I'd 'a' nominated Paxton Quigley for that post :-)
374.3	as she was in Aliens II	NAVIER::SAISI		`Wed Sep 12 1990 16:07`	1
	re .1, I'll second that!
374.4	next stop Maternas (the planet they move to)	COGITO::SULLIVAN	Alms for the War?	`Wed Sep 12 1990 16:27`	19
	How about Nina Totenberg and Koki (sp?) Roberts as administration spokeswomen. These women are reporters/political commentators on National Public Radio (NPR). I often confuse them, because their voices and the topics they cover are (to my ears) quite similar. But they're both articulate and insightful. Sigourney is going to be too busy playing the Lieutenant in my fantasy version of _Daughters_of_a_Coral_Dawn -- the movie. :-) ^ \|___A wonderful book by Katherine V. Forrest, where a group of strong, intelligent women fly away to an uninhabited planet and start a new world where there are only women.... Justine
374.5		CGVAX2::CONNELL	Reality, an overrated concept.	`Wed Sep 12 1990 17:09`	5
	Justine Sullivan for Secretary of State. I'm serious. If she can maintain her cool after what went on in here yesterday, she's got my vote to handle worldwide diplomatic relations. Phil
374.6	Great note!	COLBIN::EVANS	One-wheel drivin'	`Thu Sep 13 1990 17:13`	6
	Martina Navratilova - President's Council on Physical Fitness I second Barbara Jordan. For anything. --DE
374.7	you said fantasy ... :-)	GEMVAX::KOTTLER		`Fri Sep 14 1990 09:33`	20
	Helen Caldicott - Secretary of Peace May Sarton - Secretary of the Arts Gerda Lerner - Secretary of History Carolyn Heilbrun (literary critic, alias Amanda Cross, writer of mysteries) - Secretary of the Intellect Adrienne Rich and Mary Daly - Co-Secretaries of Feminism Ruth Hubbard (biologist at Harvard who's written on male bias in science) - Secretary of Science Pamela Berger (art historian at B.C. who made movie "The Imported Bridegroom") - Secretary of Films Lily Tomlin - Secretary of Laughter
374.8	NIH Head	ICS::WALKER		`Fri Sep 14 1990 10:06`	2
	Could we make Ruth Hubbard head of the NIH?
374.9	she shares my opinion of hair stylists	TLE::RANDALL	living on another planet	`Fri Sep 14 1990 12:14`	3
	I think I'd rather see Sarah Caldwell as Secretary of the Arts. --bonnie
374.10	lite: you said fantasy, no?	BTOVT::THIGPEN_S	ridin' the Antelope Freeway	`Fri Sep 14 1990 12:20`	10
	hell -- forget the U.S.! ME FOR WORLD DICTATOR! * - \| \___/ Sara
374.11		CSC32::M_VALENZA	Note from the shower.	`Sun Sep 16 1990 17:49`	16
	* President: Elise Boulding (sociologist, feminist, pacifist; nominated for Nobel Peace Prize this year by the AFSC). * Secretary of Peace, Justice, and Human Rights: Joan Baez * Secretary of Conscience: Sinead O'Conner * Secretary of Fun: Cindi Lauper * Secretary of Foreign Accents: Martina Navritilova * Secretary of American Accents: Bonnie Randall * Secretary of Vocabulary: Margaret Mairhi Tarbet * Secretary of Puns: Jody Bobbitt * Secretary of Notes: Bonnie J. Reinke * Secretary of Theatre: E Grace Noonan * Secretary of Throwing Footballs: Nancy Bittle -- Mike
374.12		MOMCAT::TARBET	Now the poor goodman	`Sun Sep 16 1990 18:23`	5
	"Vocabulary"???? =maggie-who-no-longer- uses-the-funny-spelling- of-Mairi-by-the-way.