Anne, I owe my mother a very real debt of gratitude, for what she passed on to me.

During a recent conversation with my eldest grandson we were discussing the Presidential election in 2008. My grandson asked if I thought we (Americans) would ever see a woman as Head of State. I pointed out to him that in 14 years, this country would celebrate the 100th. anniversary of women being given, granted, gifted with, the right to vote. I told him by 2020, women will have exercised that right 25 times. I also told him I predict that anniversary will come and go, without Americans seeing a single female candidate for the Presidency. My grandson stated this fact alone would seem to prove women's real standing, in our society...From the mouths of babes...I then spoke of Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, and how, upon her election, women took to the streets of Santiago, chanting,
"Ya van a ver, ya van a ver! Quando las mujeres tengan el poder! " ("They will see, they will see! When women have the power!"). My grandson said, to a lot of men in this country, that would sound 'kind of scary'.