Attacking prominent women does no one any good

The adverse attention on prominent women like Payette will do nothing to encourage future female leaders to venture into public life. If so, we will all be the poorer for it.
Governor General Julie Payette, pictured at Rideau Hall on Feb. 1. Payette is the latest in a list of governors general who have been criticized, all of whom were female, writes Andrew Caddell.
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—Among the “bon mots” offered by Maryon Pearson, none stands out more than her comment, “Behind every successful man stands an astonished woman.” Maryon Moody’s brilliance attracted Professor “Mike” Pearson to her in his University of Toronto history class.

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