Who is your most admired American female?

[BlueIris]

Inspired by a thread in LBN which discussed a poll revealing Barack Obama as America's most admired man, Hillary Clinton as our most admired female.

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1. Joan Chittister comes to mind

And also Srs Mary Margaret McBride and Carol Keehan.

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2. God these days I'm have a hard time admiring anybody

So, probably Angela Davis, who I've always admired.

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3. Lassie...

I kidding :evilgrin: Most of my most admired are dead. Shirley Chisholm. Barbara Jordan. Bella Abzug. Women of today are too nice, imho or afraid to state the obvious.

Gloria Steinem is still out there and she has held steady to the cause. She encourages women to do outrageous things....and we should.

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4. Yeah, Too politic

We've moved into the grand arena and play the game with the rules already in place. And the rules are bullshit. Remember that 'is feminism obsolete' crap a year or so ago? I could scream.

[BlueIris]

5. I forgot to add mine: Binh Rybacki.

She rocks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Peace_International

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6. And Elizabeth Warren

Who I consider one of President Obama's better appointments. (Waaay better in some cases)

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8. My choice also.

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7. Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Friedan, Helen Caldicott -- Ellie Smeal --

Susan Sarandon --

Feminists have been so shoved out of the limelight and denied any attention

that it's difficult to say --

C-span, in fact, used to regularly do panels which featured females and their

groups but that's long gone --

Even the women's media group no longer appears on C-span --

I'm not even sure that Ellie Smeal who headed up Fund for the Feminist Majority

at one time is still alive!!

One of the saddest things to see is all the Margaret Thatcher types that have risen

on the rightwing soundstage of horrors!

[BlueIris]

9. I love me some Eleanor Roosevelt. nt