Remarks Of Governor Thomas H Kean Barnard College Commencement New York City New York Wednesday May 14 1986

Download or read book Remarks of Governor Thomas H. Kean, Barnard College Commencement, New York City, New York, Wednesday, May 14, 1986 written by Thomas H. Kean and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governor Kean addresses the 1986 graduates of Barnard College for their commencement. The governor notes that graduations are benchmarks, providing an opportunity for reminiscences and speculations. His words center around the women's movement and tits accompanying revolution which shattered many bastions of male arrogance and prejudice. He notes that since Jeannette Rankin was elected as the first woman to serve in Congerss in 1916, only 119 other women have served in the nation's legislature. He happily discloses that his administration included 5 women cabinet members, the then highest number any New Jersey Governor has ever had. Governor Kean states that the "absence of women from our elective bodies skews our decisions. He summarizes that women from this graduating class could be the answer to the female gender deficit in elected office. The possibilities of opportunity for women have been pushed open and Kean urges these young women to break down the final "barricades to full equality in the political realm."