Nancy+Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi is the speaker of the house and a female. Her being a female in the government attracted the media in a big way. Her first day was rough, because of what the media focused on, unlike a male the media was talking about her appearance and her clothing. They didn't even mention her political background. For example a Washington Post article on Nancy Pelosi by Robin Givhan used the word "chic" when describing her. He also described her clothing and the fact that she was wearing a armani suit. He made a comment about her suit which said that is a tool for playing with the boys without pretending to be one.

Serving the public runs in the Pelosi family her father was mayor of Baltimore for 12 years after being in congress as is Nancy. Her brother also was the mayor of Baltimore, but her brother and father didn't have to overcome the media and the fact that she was the first speaker of the house in our history. Ever since 1987, California's 8th District has been run by Nancy Pelosi in the House of Representatives. Which includes San Francisco. She is the first women to lead a major party in U.S Congress. On January 4, 2007 she was elected as the Speaker of the United States House of Represenatives. This is when her fight began against the media and their political cartoons. She had to overcome the media focusing on her appearence instead of her stand on topics as they would if she was a he. She has good ideas that she is going to try to pursue but the media was no help in that category. Her ideas were helping American families, creating better education, giving protection to workers, and promoting healthcare along with many other health related issues. http://www.house.gov/pelosi/biography/bio.html

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/20/pelosi.bush/vert.nancy.pelosi.jpg http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j182/swiftian/122806/pelosi_flag.jpg This picture proves my point that the media doesn't focus on her political ideas but her appearence. This political cartoon makes the public, if they take it seriously, take her less seriously just beause she is a women. Also the stereotype in our society says that women don't belong in high positions such as the government, they belong at home cleaning the house.