Americans Comfortable with Female President

Half of Americans say they would be very comfortable with a female president, and a majority feel the country will be ready to elect her within the next five years, according to a poll commissioned by The White House Project. The poll showed that the overwhelming majority of Americans feel either “somewhat comfortable” or “very comfortable” with a woman as president (74 percent) and continue to believe that a woman president would be as good as or better than a man at leading on the issues of foreign policy (78 percent), homeland security (77 percent), and the economy (88 percent). Become informed by reviewing this poll and note the numbers that show men are significantly more likely than women to believe that today’s society would be “comfortable” with a woman as President. Whoa. the white house project

Wimbeldon Agrees to Equal Pay

In a victory for pay equity proponents, Wimbeldon recently announced that they will pay women players the same as men. When Wimbledon started paying players in 1968, Billie Jean King won 37.5 percent of the check earned by men's champion Rod Laver. Last year, Amelie Mauresmo got $1.117 million -- 95.4 percent of the $1.170 million that Roger Federer received for winning the men's title. The French Tennis Federation, which paid the men's and women's champions the same for the first time last year but kept the overall prize fund bigger for men, will discuss overall pay parity for the French Open on March 16. The U.S. Open and Australian Open have paid equal prize money for years.