Tilde de Pauala intervjuar Liberias president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Presidenten beskriver sig själv som en " rabiat optimist ". Det kommer att gå bra för Afrika säger hon. Man hoppar till, men hon säger det som om det vore en självklarhet.
I Wikipedia läser jag att Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is referred to as ironlady.
Iron Lady is a nickname that has frequently been used to describe female heads of government around the world. The term describes a "strong willed" woman. This iron metaphor was most famously applied to Margaret Thatcher, nicknamed so in 1976 by the Soviet media for her staunch opposition to communism.[1]
Leaders who have earned the unofficial title (some of them postfactum) include:
Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
Barbara Castle, a British Labour Party leader, whose active political career spanned over 40 years.[2]
Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 & 1980 to 1984
Golda Meir, the Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
Eugenia Charles, the Prime Minister of Dominica from 1980 to 1995 known as the "Iron Lady of the Caribbean"
Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2007 (and in 2005)[3][4]
Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany since 2005
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the President of Liberia since 2006[5]
Dalia Grybauskaitė, the President of Lithuania since 2009 .[6].
Ironlady är alltså en kvinnlig ledare med stark vilja.
Ironman kallas den som kan simma 4 km, cykla 18 mil och springa 4 mil i ett sträck.
We need no more ironmen, but more ironladies ?
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