http://purelyfrance.com/2007/01/30/a-madame-president/ A New Zealander with one foot firmly in central France, the other frequently in his mouth writes of life, the beloved French, property transactions and how to run a successful B n B and Gite business Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:22:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://purelyfrance.com/2007/01/30/a-madame-president/#comment-8 kjmackay Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:17:42 +0000 http://purelyfrance.com/2007/01/30/a-madame-president/#comment-8 interesting. i think france would be more receptive to female leaders than the US. after all, the USA has no history of women in high powered positions, never having experienced a queen or a joan of arc. there is always oprah and martha stewart. interesting. i think france would be more receptive to female leaders than the US. after all, the USA has no history of women in high powered positions, never having experienced a queen or a joan of arc. there is always oprah and martha stewart.

]]> http://purelyfrance.com/2007/01/30/a-madame-president/#comment-9 Stuart en Angleterre Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:38:05 +0000 http://purelyfrance.com/2007/01/30/a-madame-president/#comment-9 Good point kjmackay, but look what happened to your french examples of powerful women. Joan of Arc: burnt at the stake. Their most famous queen, Marie Anoinette: the guillotine. Doesn't bode well for the potential Madame la Presidente! Good point kjmackay, but look what happened to your french examples of powerful women. Joan of Arc: burnt at the stake. Their most famous queen, Marie Anoinette: the guillotine. Doesn’t bode well for the potential Madame la Presidente!

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