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November 20, 2010
Nancy Pelosi: I Really Didn't Get Enough Media Attention As The First Female Speaker of the House
Okay.
As she prepares to relinquish power, Nancy Pelosi believes not enough attention has been paid to her role as the first woman to hold the post of Speaker of the House. "I was the first woman speaker," Pelosi tells the New York Times. "It didn't get that much play. And I'm not a publicity seeker, so it was OK with me."
"Boehner, before the election, they had him on the cover of Newsweek," Pelosi continues. "Now, he's on the cover of Time, and women are coming to me and saying, 'Is the job less important when women hold it?'"
Byron York runs some Lexis/Nexis searches to demonstrate that this isn't close to true, in case you were wondering.