The Clinton Legacy

Powerful women have commanded great nations as presidents, prime ministers and heads of state throughout history:

20th Century• Great Britain: Margaret Thatcher • Ireland: Mary Robinson • Canada: Kim Campbell • France: Edith Cresson• Israel: Golda Meir• India: Indira Gandhi• Pakistan: Benazir Bhutto• Poland: Hanna Suchocka• Norway: Gro Harlem Brundtland• New Zealand: Jenny Shippley• Turkey: Tansu Ciller

World History• Great Britain: Queen Elizabeth I• Russia: Catherine the Great• Spain: Queen Isabella I• Egypt: Cleopatra VII

Supporters of Liberia’s newly-elected Executive President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Executive President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf,

Liberia

Federal Chancellor Angela MerkelGermany

Germany’s Angela Merkel Leading the Nation

Chile’s President-Elect Michelle Bachelet

Chile’s Michelle Bachelet Leading the Nation

• SUSCRITO ACUERDO DE COOPERACIÓN MILITAR CON TURQUIA

• La Ministra de Defensa Nacional, Michelle Bachelet Jeria, suscribió el acuerdo de cooperación con Turquía, país representado por el Comandante en Jefe del Estado Mayor General Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas (S), General de Ejército Ilker Basbug.

Prime Minister Margaret ThatcherGreat Britain

President Mary RobinsonIreland

President Mary McAleeseIreland

Prime Minister Edith CressonFrance

Prime Minister Kim CampbellCanada

Prime Minister Indira GandhiIndia

President Corazon AquinoThe Philippines

Prime Minister Benazir BhuttoPakistan

Council of Women World Leaders 30 Members

Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, 1991-96 Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, 1996 – 2001 Bermuda Premier Pamela Gordon, 1997-1998 Bermuda Premier Jennifer Smith, 1998 - 2003 Dominica Prime Minister Dame Eugenia Charles 1980-95 Finland President Tarja Halonen, 2000 - presentGuyana President Janet Jagan, 1997-1999Iceland President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, 1980-96 Latvia President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, 1999 - present Lithuania Prime Minister Kazimiera Prunskiene, 1990-91 New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, 1997-1999 New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark 1999 - present Netherlands Antilles Prime Minister Maria Liberia-Peters Netherlands Ant Prime Minister Suzanne Camelia-Romer Nicaragua President Violeta B. de Chamorro, 1990-96Norway Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland Panama President Mireya Moscoso, 1999-2003Peru Prime Minister Beatriz Merino, 2003 Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-ArroyoPoland Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka, 1992-93Sao Tome and Principe Prime Minster Maria Das Neves Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga, 1994 - Switzerland President Ruth Dreifuss, 1998-99Turkey Prime Minister Tansu Çiller, 1993-96

www.WomenWorldLeaders.org

American Voters % Willing to Vote for Woman President1

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25

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75

100

1950s 1970s 1990s

1 Data from The Gallop Organization polling, cited in The Case for Hillary by Susan Estrich (2005), p. 229.

May 2005 Today/CNN/Gallup Poll:

“[A]n amazing 70 percent of respondents indicated that they ‘would be likely to vote for an unspecified woman for president in 2008.’”2

2Data from USA Today polling, cited in Condi v. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race, by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann (2005), p. 3.

Commander-in-Chief Credibility

63% of Americans said a woman would be as good or better than a man as commander in chief.

2005 Siena College/Hearst Newspapers Poll

After 135 years, it’s time.

Victoria Woodhull1872 Presidential Candidate

First woman stock brokerage owner on Wall Street announced her candidacy in 1870.

Belva Ann Lockwood1884 & 1888 Presidential Candidate

First woman to argue a U.S. Supreme Court casewon over 4,000 male votes.

Sen. Margaret Chase Smith 1964 Presidential Candidate

First woman to serve in U.S. House & U.S. Senatecampaigned in 5 of 17 primaries,

came in 2nd in Illinois.

Sen. Margaret Chase Smith

Finished 2nd in Illinois

Competed in 5 of 17 primaries.

Cong. Shirley Chisholm1972 Presidential Candidate

First African-American women in Congress.

Cong. Shirley Chisholm won NJ Primary

Competed in 14 of 21 primaries & brought 5% of delegates to the Democratic National Convention.

Cong. Patsy Mink1972 Presidential Candidate

Cong. Geraldine Ferraro1984 Democratic VP Candidate

Cong. Patricia Schroeder1988 Presidential Candidate

Sen. Elizabeth Dole2000 Presidential Candidate

Sen. Carol Moseley Braun2004 Presidential Candidate

Ms. President PAC Supports Presidential Candidate Braun at 2003

California Democratic Convention

In Iowa & Wash., DC

Governor Kathleen SebeliusDemocrat of Kansas

• Likely future presidential candidate.

• Up for re-election in 2006.

• Daughter of former Rep. Governor of Ohio

Senator Kay Bailey HutchisonRepublican of Texas

• Expected to Run for President in 2008 • Has said She Plans to Run for President• Represents 2nd Largest Electoral Base

Secretary of State Condoleezz RiceRepublican of California

• Likely 2008 Presidential or VP Candidate• Former National Security Council Advisor• Highest Ranking Woman in U.S. Gov’t.

Senator Hillary ClintonDemocrat of New York

• Leading 2008 Dem. Presidential Candidate

• 8 Former Presidents Called NY Home

• Likely to be America’s 1st Woman President

Firsts Republican Women

• First Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin (MT) - 1917

• First Major Party Candidate for President Margaret Chase Smith -1964

• First Woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

Firsts Democratic Women

• First Elected U.S. Senator Hattie Wyatt Caraway (AR) – 1931

• First Major Party VP Candidate Geraldine Ferraro (NY) – 1984

• First U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

Women GovernorsDemocrats for 50 Years

1. 1925 Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross (WY)2. 1925 Democrat Miriam “Ma” Ferguson (TX)3. 1967 Democrat Lurleen Wallace (AL)4. 1975 Democrat Ella Grasso (CT)5. 1975 Democrat Dixy Lee Ray (WA)6. 1982 Republican Vesta Roy (NH) – ONE DAY7. 1984 Democrat Martha Layne Collins (KY)8. 1985 Democrat Madeleine Kunin (VT)9. 1982 Republican Kay Orr (NE)10. 1988 Democrat Joan Finney (KS)

RepublicanPrimary Challenge

“If you’re looking at some 20 percent of the electorate who won’t vote for you and it comes from your own party, you’re dead.”

-- Susan Estrich

The Same WayWe Always Have

American voters will nominate and elect women to the U.S. presidency the same way we have always elected presidents.

We will elect the best candidates--those with:

Charismatic appeal Strong executive leadership abilitiesVision Commander-in-chief credibility Convincing economic credentialsProven law and order experienceSensitivity to family and social issuesOutstanding fundraising prowessFriendly media rapportEnthusiastic campaign staminaMost powerful nationwide support network

President Condoleezza Rice 44th President of the United States

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is a strong presidential (or vice

presidential) candidate for 2008.

President Hillary Clinton44th President of the United States

Sen. Hillary Clinton will be sworn in as America’s first woman president on

January 20, 2009, so make your hotel reservations now to be part of history!