The Kind of Women Who Can Be President

Stanford Erickson's book offers provocative psychological portraits of great American leaders-male and female, historical and contemporary-that show how paternal and maternal attachments shaped their characters and achievements. Whether you agree with his conclusions or not, his fascinating insights will make you a better-informed voter in the 2016 choices." - Knight Kiplinger Editor-in-chief, The Kiplinger Letter and Kiplinger.com As the first woman ever to be appointed chairperson of the Federal Maritime Commission and one of the few journalists and editors to serve as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives and one of the few women to run for governor of Maryland, I find Stanford Erickson's account of the trials, trepidations and sexist skirmishes for women venturing into political leadership in the 20th Century to be sadly accurate. I applaud him for suggesting this is the time for a woman to be president of the United States. Congresswoman Helen Delich Bentley Stanford Erickson has used his considerable journalistic skills to write a provocative book about eight courageous women who were and are national political leaders of great influence amid male-dominated cultures. Clayton W. Boyce, past president, National Press Club, Washington, D.C. In his book Mama's Boy Presidents: Why Do We Keep Electing Them, Stanford Erickson provided an excellent insight into why we keep electing Mama's Boys president, such as Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. His new book, The Kind of Women Who Can Be President of the United States, documents the qualities of leadership demonstrated by Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (wife of Woodrow Wilson), Eleanor Roosevelt, Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel, Elizabeth Warren, Carly Fiorina and Hillary Rodham Clinton and suggests this is the time to elect a woman president of the United States. Rhett Palmer, nationally known radio talk host "The Mayor of the Airways."