When the rest of the world elected women leaders

McAleese is Ireland’s new president (November 1997)

By William D. Montalbano

Los Angeles Times cov­er­age of Mary McAleese’s elec­tion as pres­id­ent of Ire­land.

“‘It would be nice to find our way back to a sense of one com­munity,’ she said after an elec­tion that drew four fe­male can­did­ates and sent power­ful sig­nals of ac­cel­er­at­ing mod­ern­iz­a­tion in this na­tion of 3.5 mil­lion.”

Sources: Los Angeles Times, November 1, 1997.