Blog 8

I was really excited when I got Newsweek in the mail last week because the cover proclaimed that the main story of the issue was “Women and Power.” There a lot of stories covered in the issue so I haven’t been able to read all of them, but those that I have read are very interesting and speak a lot about some of the same issues that I’ve read about for this class.

What one might term the “preface” to the articles was a short description of some of the most famous female rulers in history. It was nice to read about some exceedingly powerful women, and have their abilities spoken of as equal to men and at times superior.

After that there is a long section of short “Oral Histories” from lots of different women who are leaders. The women that they had write these essays are in varied professions such as writers, CEO of music and television companies, public officials, designers, and scientists. All of them were really interesting. Some women spoke about the obstacles they faced as women. One woman wrote how she thinks many women are afraid to become powerful because they’ve been taught it’s not something they’re supposed to do.

The one thing almost all of the women discussed was failure and determination. It was inspiring to hear the stories of women who worked hard to achieve their goals even if they failed many times along the way. The single most inspiring thing was to hear so many women speak about how they were confident and determined no matter what problems they faced during their journey to success.