Drew Gilpin Faust

Drew Gilpin Faust just made history today. She was named Harvard's 28th President,making her the first female president of Harvard.    Here's the site from the Harvard Gazette:

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/02.15/99-president.html

Here's a photo of Drew Gilpin Faust:

Plus, she's an Historian!

Edited by Frederick Roger - 12-Feb-2007 at 15:00

Here's another photo of Gilpin Faust together with the interim president, Derek Bok.

Originally posted by morticia Drew Gilpin Faust just made history today. She was named Harvard's 28th President,making her the first female president of Harvard.    Here's the site from the Harvard Gazette: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/02.15/99-president.html

So, sexist comments by former Harvard President Larry Sommers  led to Drew Gilpin Faust becoming the first female to hold the title of President of Harvard University.

Originally posted by JanusRook Not that she isn't deserving of said position, I'm confident she is.However, don't women feel a little bit cheated when the only reason a woman can be appointed to a higher office is because the organization is trying to correct it's image.

No reason to feel cheated at all, JanusRook. Otherwise, how else can said image be corrected if not by retention of a properly qualified female. It's the proper thing to do if equality is ever to be effectuated.

but rather whether one is a happy token which usually correlates with being a paid token.

So a sell-out then?

And if positive discrimination is the only way to make it more equal, than perhaps it should be used, twisted as it may be....?

But societies shouldn't be made equal,  it should be made egalitarian. How is it equal if I can't get a job because a less qualified woman took it? The way it should work is if a woman who is more qualified than me gets the oppurtunity at the job before me.

One of the differences in average yearly earnings is due to the fact that  women are most often the parent that has to call in or cut hours short at work to take care of children. Another reason is that women are less assertive when it comes to asking for raises in their pay. These are the only ones in my personal experience that affect salaries and job oppurtunities. Of course as I understand the higher one goes up the ladder the more sexist it becomes, but I think that in the next thirty years or so it will die a natural death, unless positive discrimination still exists since to me all it says is, you MUST rely on men to get ahead in life.