tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post6863313713663406766..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: A Woman's Place: National Party Listkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-32165674587487033712008-08-31T15:51:00.000+12:002008-08-31T15:51:00.000+12:00Note that there were women MPs between Ross and Ri...Note that there were women MPs between Ross and Richardson, but none made it onto the front benches, or even Cabinet. <BR/><BR/>Richardson is in some ways an example of the ways women can broaden perspectives; for all that many of her policies were imho bad for women (and indeed all NZers) she was instrumental in starting a creche at Parliament, which was a pretty family-friendly (and thus mother-friendly) thing to do.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08977150346842277994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-12023545186764173222008-08-25T12:35:00.000+12:002008-08-25T12:35:00.000+12:00Twenty-seven percent probably compares quite well ...Twenty-seven percent probably compares quite well internationally, although as you note, National women will not likely fare so well on election day. Interesting that there was such a long drought before Ruth Richardson arrived, particularly with NZ's tradition of strident rural women.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076244041878300351noreply@blogger.com