Ferraro tops opinion poll among U.S. women
NZPA-AP New York Geraldine Ferraro, Sally Ride, and Sandra Day O’Connor are considered the best role models for young women, according to a poll of college-edncated women taken the week after the New York congresswoman was selected as the democratic nominee for vice president. I Ms Ferraro topped the list, followed by Dr Ride, America’s first woman astronaut, and Mrs O’Connor, the first woman Supreme
Court Justice. First Lady, Nancy Reagan was seventh out of the 16 women considered in tbe nationwide poll of 435 college-edncated women between the ages of 25 and 44. The poll was conducted by Yankelovich, Skelly and White for an upcoming book on the future of women by Kathy Keeton, president of Omni magazine. The women were ranked in the following order: (1) Ms Ferraro, (2) Ms Ride, (3) Mrs O’Connor, (4) British
Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, (5) Mother Teresa, (6) television journalist, Barbara Walters, (7) Mrs Reagan, (8) cosmetics mogul, Estee 1 Lauder, (9) actress, Jane Fonda, (10) tennis star, Chris Evert Lloyd, (11) writer and editor, Helen Gurley Brown, (12) feminist, Gloria Steinem, (13) the late playwright, Lillian Hellman, (14) columnist, Ann Landers, (15) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, (16) fashion model, Christie Brinkley.
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