Why is Sarah Palin the Most Dangerous Woman in America?
Since John McCain pulled her out of relative obscurity, Sarah Palin has topped the headlines until the financial crisis on Wall Street pushed her off the front page. Everybody knows who she is today. But will she endure the test of time and be a recognizable figure say 50, 100, or 150 years into the future?
Just about 130 years ago, Frances Willard was the Sarah Palin of her time. She was dynamic, charming, and had many followers. Like Palin, she was a deeply religious woman who felt God had called her to do special work. Today she is lost to history, while other women she worked alongside - Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony - are known to us as early champions of women's rights and women's suffrage.
Frances Willard also helped women win the right to vote, but her involvement came at great cost to the women's rights movement.
One of the first women in the United States to earn her Ph. D. in women's studies, Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner sees a number of parallels between the lives of Sarah Palin and Frances Willard. And because of this, although Wagner personally likes and admires Palin, she regards her as the most dangerous woman in America. Wagner explains why in her analysis of Palin.
What does this mean for us as women voters in this election year? Those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it.
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Sarah Palin is a terrifying woman. She is not educated about any
major issues and is a puppet constructed by the Republican party to
try to gain female support. She was a dangerous and irresponsible
choice by McCain. He deserves to lose our vote for making such an
ill-advised, dangerous decision. It is McCain, and more importantly
Palin who is DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA, not Barack Obama, who makes level-headed decisions.
She’s not the most dangerous women in America. By far it’s Teresa “John Dillinger” Ghilarducci.