Lavinia reviewed Dear Madam President by Jennifer Palmieri
Review of 'Dear Madam President' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
An emotional and inspirational account of the difficulties, the problems, the uneasiness, and the pervasive gender bias that Hillary Clinton encountered during the 2016 presidential campaign. When Jennifer Palmieri joined the campaign, she didn't think it was going to be that hard or even that big of a deal to elect the first woman president. America has already elected the first black president, and that seemed a more difficult thing to do in America.
She was wrong on two accounts. First, she didn't appreciate, from a historical perspective, what a big deal it was to elect a woman as a president, and second, see didn't realise that all this "stuff" that hanged around Hillary stemmed from the fact that she was a woman.
Palmieri argues that in order to make easier for all women working to succeed in whatever role they choose, we need to understand what happened in 2016 …
An emotional and inspirational account of the difficulties, the problems, the uneasiness, and the pervasive gender bias that Hillary Clinton encountered during the 2016 presidential campaign. When Jennifer Palmieri joined the campaign, she didn't think it was going to be that hard or even that big of a deal to elect the first woman president. America has already elected the first black president, and that seemed a more difficult thing to do in America.
She was wrong on two accounts. First, she didn't appreciate, from a historical perspective, what a big deal it was to elect a woman as a president, and second, see didn't realise that all this "stuff" that hanged around Hillary stemmed from the fact that she was a woman.
Palmieri argues that in order to make easier for all women working to succeed in whatever role they choose, we need to understand what happened in 2016 and not allow this kind of disaffection and corrosive alienation to take hold again in the future.