Kamala Harris may be our best bet to prevent a return of Trumpism
Opinion by Max Boot
Columnist
March 9, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. EST
International Women’s Day, celebrated Monday, reminds us of how far the United States has come — and how far it still has to go.
President Biden has nominated a record number of women to the Cabinet, including the first female treasury secretary and the first female director of national intelligence. Assuming his choices are confirmed, this will be the first gender-balanced Cabinet in U.S. history and one of only 14 among 193 countries (as of last fall). There is also a record number of women in Congress (primarily among Democrats), although they still comprise only 27 percent of the total. And, of course, Kamala D. Harris is the first female vice president, and Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) continues to serve as the first female speaker of the House. That’s an impressive record, but there is an obvious omission at the top that needs to be rectified: The United States remains among the two-thirds of countries that have never had a woman in charge.
That is particularly striking because of how well so many women have done in power. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the longest-serving leader in the European Union and was seen as the world’s most trusted leader in a Pew Research Center survey in September because of how skillfully she has navigated crises, including a massive influx of immigrants from the Middle East and the outbreak of covid-19. Her leadership was especially important during the past four years, when the United States, under President Donald Trump, ceased to lead the West.
Throughout America’s history, Black women have fought for civil rights and women’s rights, often at great personal risk. They paved the way for Kamala Harris. (Ashleigh Joplin, Danielle Kunitz, Whitney Shefte/The Washington Post)
Merkel stands head and shoulders above all other world leaders today, male or female, but other women are doing an impressive job in leading their countries. They include President Tsai Ing-wen in Taiwan, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in New Zealand and Prime Minister Erna Solberg in Norway. Political history is full of other illustrious women, such as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Britain, Prime Minister Golda Meir in Israel and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in India.
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