Julie Biando Edwards. Spousal Politics and the Bipartisan Positioning of Hillary Rodham Clinton — Page 7:
31 Some may argue that the real discourse, the real change, the real evaluation of American feminism and the status of women in power can only occur when a woman is in the White House. This revolution from the inside would indeed open up new ways in which to observe and evaluate feminism at the dawn of the 21st century. In the meantime, it would be wise for feminists, voters, and candidates alike to engage in a serious dialogue about what it means to have a viable female candidate and why we should look at that person as both a candidate and a woman — meeting the challenge of gender in politics head on, without satire or sanctimony, in order to truly gauge the effect that gender has on politics and power.