Gary Bauer Quotes
… better a glass door than a glass ceiling.
Bauer was accused by some of social conservatives of adultery with female staff members. While the accusation had no foundation, Bauer installed a glass door in his personal office so that he could meet with female staff without ultra-conservative criticism.
Gary Bauer, Under Secretary of Education (Republican), Presidential Domestic Policy Advisor, President, Family Research Council, Candidate for Republican Presidential Nomination, Statement to the press, October 1999
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Given the time, this was an amazing demand. Fuller preceded all the more famous American feminists and was an inspiration to them.
She herself had been denied admission to the University of Georgia in her home state and she went to the University of Wisconsin where she earned a bachelors and masters degree.
Stewart a Black, female journalist wrote at a pre Civil War time when most people were little interested in the writings of either Blacks or women.
Interestingly, at the time females hade just eclipsed males in attendance at Canadian law schools
In one of the earliest claims that women should be allowed to preach, she made a theological argument and then challenged the male theologians to better her arguments. Although she was very demur, intellectually and theologically she “took it right at them.” Such intellectual aggression by women was virtually unheard of.
Her audiences were all familiar with the Adam & Eve Biblical narration.
First female presidential candidate & first divorcee to run for that office
The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
The most important documents and doctrine of most churches were created by men who also established the framework of the religion. The result has in almost all cases been a sexist structure with women having not only little power not typically females are banned from all church governance. See {640303} for her quote on religion in general vis a vis women.
Gary Lee Bauer is an American civil servant, activist, and former political candidate. He served in President Ronald Reagan's administration as Under Secretary of Education and Chief Domestic Policy Advisor, and later became president of the Family Research Council and a senior vice president of Focus on the Family, both conservative Christian organizations. Bauer was a candidate in the 2000 Republican Party presidential primaries and participated in five national debates. He is known for his advocacy of religious liberty, support for Israel, and his dedication to electing conservative candidates to Congress.
