Hillary a feminist?

I’m not a huge fan of Maureen Dowd, but she does have some keen insights on Senator Hillary Clinton and her status as a woman who’s a presidential candidate.

Dowd makes the point that Senator Clinton got where she is because she’s “Mrs. Clinton.” So much for doing things on your own. Dowd cites one letter to the WSJ in which the writer notes that the last thing Hillary did on her own was to get into Yale’s law school. I’d love to see a woman presidential candidate who’s accomplished in her own right and not just because she happens to be married to an influential person.

You can read the article here.

* I take particular exception to Dowd’s commendation of Clinton’s speech at Beijing on women.