Shattering the Crass Ceiling

Hillary Clinton appeals to women on the myth that she will shatter a "glass ceiling" that impedes women from high office.  But that glass ceiling has already been shattered by women more talented and more courageous, who have fought political battles in male-dominated tribal nations where women are derided. Hillary is no Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is president of Liberia.  An economist by profession, she was educated in the United States and returned to Liberia to serve in the ill-fated administration of William Tolbert, who was killed in a coup in 1980.  For the next 25 years, she lived in exile while Nigeria was ruled by Samuel Doe and subsequently by Charles Taylor, a brutal dictator and warlord convicted of war crimes.  In 2006, after opposition to Taylor, she won election.  Her presidency has been focused on fostering human rights and reconciliation and modernizing Liberia's economy.  In 2011, Sirleaf was awarded...(Read Full Article)