White House women want to be in the room where it happens
When President Obama took office, two-thirds of his top aides were men. Women complained of having to elbow their way into important meetings. And when they got in, their voices were sometimes ignored.
That economic expansion leads to greater well-being is a central tenet of modern thought. And yet, that’s not what is happening in America today.
.. In the early days of the Obama administration, the West Wing was a well-documented bastion of testosterone, due largely to the dominating roles of men such as Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, now mayor of Chicago, and then-economic adviser Lawrence H. Summers.
.. Second terms have traditionally served as a critical period for women, an opportunity to move up after the men move out.