First Ladies in the States -- Reaction

Reserve Reading
Laura van Assendelft and Bernadette Nye

I can't wait until a time when there can be research done on the husbands of governors. Pr. van Assendelft mentioned in class that there was one husband at the time, but he didn't get a survey. It was interesting to see how these women have created new careers for themselves especially because they mostly had to put their own careers in the back seat. Personally, I would never like to be known as the governor's wife, or as anyone's wife. I am my own person, not just a relation to another person.

It's still good to know that there are people out there who can take their position and use it. There will always be governors spouses, no matter what gender. There will also always be presidential spouses, hopefully soon we'll have a male one of those too. So it is ever important to study what these people do. I would like to talk personally to these women, but also to see a more recent survey because I know of more female governors now. My state, Connecticut, currently has Jodi Rell as governor, although she got it through being lieutenant governor first.

Another intersting group of people to look at would be the children of governors, teenagers would surely have input on their parents political activity, although I don't know how many governors actually have teenage children when they're in office. It's great that many governor's spouses are championing causes, specifically breast cancer. You can see the play out of the recent surge of breast cancer awareness activity in each state and nationally. These women are obviously making a difference and will continue to do so.